St. Mary's Lighthouse

thequillingguy

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This quilled paper picture measures 53x63cms (21x25ins), is presented in a black mounted inlay box frame behind glass and has a wall hanging mount. Each picture is made to order and will be a unique, one of a kind, piece of art. 

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St Mary's Lighthouse is on the tiny St Mary's (or Bait) Island, just north of Whitley Bay on the coast of North East England. The small rocky tidal island is linked to the mainland by a short concrete causeway which is submerged at high tide.  

The first light in the area was in Tynemouth Priory - an 11th-century monastic chapel, whose monks maintained a lantern on the tower to warn passing ships of the danger of the rocks. A lighthouse was built on the site of the current Tynemouth Coastguard station in 1664 using stone from the priory.

Source: Wikipedia