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St Catherine's Point is the southernmost point on the Isle of Wight. It is close to the village of Niton and the point where the Back of the Wight changes to the Undercliff of Ventnor. On nearby St Catherine's Down is St Catherine's Oratory, locally known as the "Pepperpot", a stone lighthouse built in the 1323 by Walter De Godeton. It is ...
In the 1880s the decision was taken to convert the St Catherine's light to electric power. In 1888 a carbon arc lamp was installed, linked to a powerful set of De Méritens magneto-electric machines, powered by three Robey non-condensing compound steam engines. (St Catherine's was the last English lighthouse to be provided with an arc lamp). [11]
St. Catherine's Down is a chalk down on the Isle of Wight, [1] located near St Catherine's Point, the southernmost point on the island. The Down rises to 240 metres at its highest point, between the towns of Niton and Chale .
St. Catherine's Oratory is a medieval lighthouse on St. Catherine's Down, above the southern coast of the Isle of Wight.It was built by Lord of Chale Walter de Godeton (sometimes spelled "Goditon") as an act of penance for plundering wine from the wreck of St. Marie of Bayonne in Chale Bay on 20 April 1313. [1]
The "Back of the Wight" viewed from St Catherine's Down. Back of the Wight (also known as West Wight) is an area on the Isle of Wight in England. The area has a distinct historical and social background, and is geographically isolated by the chalk hills, immediately to the North, as well as poor public transport infrastructure.
Knowles Farm is the name of an area of National Trust land at the southern tip of the Isle of Wight located at St. Catherine's Point. It takes its name from a nearby farm which lies outside the NT area just along the southern edge of it. The area is 170 acres (0.69 km 2) in total and was acquired by the NT in 1967 using its Neptune funds.
The Undercliff between St Catherine's Point and Bonchurch is the largest area of landslip morphology in western Europe. The north coast is unusual in having four high tides each day, with a double high tide every twelve and a half hours.
Isle of Wight county top. Above steep cliffs dropping down to coastal village of Bonchurch. St Catherine's Hill [3] 239 127 HuMP, TuMP: St Boniface Down: Southern tip of the island. Isle of Wight's second highest hill. Tumulus 35 metres south of trig point. Appuldurcombe Down [3] 226 91 TuMP, sub-HuMP: St Boniface Down: Southwest of the island.