Observatory Tower, Portmeirion

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Recorded period

post-medieval

What is recorded here

Observatory Tower, Portmeirion is a lighthouse in Gwynedd, Wales.

From the Coflein (National Monuments Record of Wales) record 411866

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Photo credits

• John S Turner, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Mike McBey, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
• rob bishop, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Mike Pennington, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Ian Dalgliesh, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Alan Hughes, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Dylan Moore, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• David Medcalf, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Arthur C Harris, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Stephen Rogerson, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Simon Leatherdale, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Explorer Tom Portmeirion looks as though an Italian piazza took a wrong turn and landed on the Welsh coast. That was not an accident…

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