Trinity House Obelisk and Pulpit Rock
Nearby to the lighthouse is the Trinity House Obelisk and Pulpit Rock, where both are popular tourist attractions. Pulpit Rock is an artificial stack of rock which was left in the 1870s after a natural arch was cut away by quarrymen at surrounding quarry. A natural solitary rock is also located 500 metres north-east of Portland Bill and has slowly eroded over time, where today it remains a stack.
At the Southern tip of Portland Bill is a 7 metre tall white stone obelisk which was built in 1844 as a warning of a low shelf of rock extending 30 metres south into the sea, which stands near the current lighthouse. The obelisk was saved from threatened demolition in 2002 and once had a viewing platform which is now demolished.
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