Fortifications.
Without access to a boat, it is nigh on impossible to get close to the Victorian fortifications that still stand around Portland Harbour, once a major naval base. This photo, taken from the sailing vessel Moonfleet, this shows the East Ship Channel through the outer breakwater to the open sea where an unidentified yacht and Weymouth's "Ernest and Mabel" lifeboat are passing by. The buildings to the right of the photo are known as Breakwater Fort whilst those on the lighthouse side rejoice in the bland name of "A" Head. Breakwater Lighthouse remains an operational lighthouse first lit in 1905.
Fortifications.
Without access to a boat, it is nigh on impossible to get close to the Victorian fortifications that still stand around Portland Harbour, once a major naval base. This photo, taken from the sailing vessel Moonfleet, this shows the East Ship Channel through the outer breakwater to the open sea where an unidentified yacht and Weymouth's "Ernest and Mabel" lifeboat are passing by. The buildings to the right of the photo are known as Breakwater Fort whilst those on the lighthouse side rejoice in the bland name of "A" Head. Breakwater Lighthouse remains an operational lighthouse first lit in 1905.