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Gunfleet Lighthouse is a screw-pile lighthouse lying in the North Sea, six miles off the coast at Frinton-on-Sea in Essex constructed in 1850 by James Walker of Trinity House. It is in height and hexagonal in plan; mounted on seven piles forming a steel lattice and originally painted red. The living accommodation comprises a living room, bedroom, kitchen/washroom and storeroom.〔 (【引用サイトリンク】title=Gunfleet Lighthouse )〕 It was abandoned in 1921〔 (【引用サイトリンク】title=Gunfleet Lighthouse )〕 though still in use as an automated weather station by the Port of London Authority,〔 and marks the northern limit of their jurisdiction.〔 〕 In 1974 an attempt was made to use the lighthouse as a base for a pirate radio station Radio Atlantis but this was thwarted by the authorities.〔 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gunfleet Lighthouse」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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