Tags: Lighthouse, Tower.
The High lighthouse or pillar lighthouse is one of three lighthouses in Burnham-on-Sea Somerset England.A Grade II listed building it is no longer functional as a lighthouse and has been used as a private dwelling.Burnham-on-Sea is notable for its beach and mudflats which are characteristic of Bridgwater Bay and the rest of the Bristol Channel where the tide can recede for over 1.5 miles (2.4 km).Burnham is close to the estuary of the River Parrett where it flows into the Bristol Channel which has the second highest tidal range in the world of 15 metres (49 ft) second only to the Bay of Fundy in Eastern Canada.The constantly shifting sands have always been a significant risk to shipping in the area.The 30-metre (98 ft) pillar or High Lighthouse was designed and built by Joseph Nelson for Trinity House in the 1830s and equipped with a paraffin lamp which shone through a half-gallery under a window.
