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Photographic Record

Archive gallery of the northern coast

These images are treated as field evidence: weathered stone, repaired lantern rooms, and shifting coastal light. Read each frame as a document of place, craft, and time.

Large archival-style photograph of a granite lighthouse on a windswept northern cliff in warm film tones
Plate 07 · Long exposure at tide turn, showing damp stone joints, iron railing wear, and low cloud moving inland.

Materials

Granite block courses darken near the base where repeated salt spray settles.

Weather

Low cloud softens contrast, but lantern glazing still catches a narrow stripe of light.

Vantage

A slight upward angle emphasizes tower height and the exposed edge of the headland.

Restoration Traces

Brighter mortar bands mark selective repointing carried out during late 20th-century repairs.

Landscape

Heather, short grass, and bare rock indicate a wind-heavy ridge with shallow soil cover.

Wide archival coastline photograph with a distant white lighthouse, slate beach, and warm faded film grain
Survey strip · Coastal approach view used to compare shoreline vegetation and access-path changes across decades.

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