Westbourne: Skerryvore lighthouse replica
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Westbourne: Skerryvore lighthouse replica
Image: © Chris Downer Taken: Unknown
This little park is the site of a house called Skerryvore, in which Robert Louis Stevenson lived from 1885 to 1887. The house was destroyed in the war in 1940 and in 1957 Bournemouth Corporation built this – it is a replica of the lighthouse at Skerryvore, 12 miles southwest of the Isle of Tiree (56º19.4'N 7º6.9'W; approximate grid reference NL8426 Image), which Stevenson's (?)uncle, Alan Stevenson, built. Stevenson wrote "Kidnapped" and "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde" while here.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.719128
Longitude
-1.904331