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You could be forgiven for thinking that the "Pepper Pot" lighthouse, perched some 229m (750ft) above the most southerly point of the Isle of Wight, is a rocket.
The origin of this primitive beacon of light for distressed sailors is as murky as the mists that often shroud St Catherine's Point, its precarious hilltop location.
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