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[[Image:Eddystonelighthouse.jpg|thumb|300px|Douglass' Tower]]

[[Image:Eddystonelighthouse.jpg|thumb|300px|Douglass' Tower]]

The '''Eddystone Lighthouse''' is situated on the Eddystone Rocks in Devon, [[England]]. The lighthouse, originally built in 1698, has been rebuilt four times - most recently in 1882.<ref name="Tatler">{{cite web|url=http://www.eddystoneeel.com/LIGHTHOUSE%20HISTORY.htm|format=HTML|language=English|title=EDDYSTONE LIGHTHOUSE HISTORY|work=Eddystone Tatler|accessdate=2007-09-30}}</ref>

The '''Eddystone Lighthouse''' is situated on the Eddystone Rocks in Devon, [[England]]. The [[lighthouse]], originally built in 1698, has been rebuilt four times - most recently in 1882.<ref name="Tatler">{{cite web|url=http://www.eddystoneeel.com/LIGHTHOUSE%20HISTORY.htm|format=HTML|language=English|title=EDDYSTONE LIGHTHOUSE HISTORY|work=Eddystone Tatler|accessdate=2007-09-30}}</ref>

== Winstanley's Tower (1698-1703)==  

== Winstanley's Tower (1698-1703)==  

This tower was created by Henry Winstanley.<ref name ="Tatler" /> The tower was significantly modified soon after completion - and what would be the final product was not created until 1699, some consider this final product to be the second Eddystone Lighthouse.<ref name="Polperro">{{cite web|url=http://www.polperro.org/eddystone.html|work=Polperro|title=The Eddystone Lighthouse(s)|format=HTML|language=English|accessdate=2007-09-30|date=2004-10}}</ref> The tower survived until the most powerful storm to ever hit the [[British Isles]], so called the "Great Storm of 1703", destroyed it.<ref name="bbcgrs">{{cite web | title = The Great Storm of 1703 | url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/features/understanding/1703_storm.shtml | publisher = [[BBC]] | accessdate = September 7 | accessyear = 2006}}</ref> Winstanley was actually on the tower at the time, as he had said he wished he could be on the reef in the greatest storm that ever blew under the face of heaven so he would see what effect it would have on his building,<ref name="bbcgrs" /> after the storm, no trace of him was ever found.<ref name="Tatler" />

This tower was created by Henry Winstanley.<ref name ="Tatler" /> The tower was significantly modified soon after completion - and what would be the final product was not created until 1699, some consider this final product to be the second Eddystone Lighthouse.<ref name="Polperro">{{cite web|url=http://www.polperro.org/eddystone.html|work=Polperro|title=The Eddystone Lighthouse(s)|format=HTML|language=English|accessdate=2007-09-30|date=2004-10}}</ref> The tower survived until the most powerful storm to ever hit the [[British Isles]], so called the "Great Storm of 1703", destroyed it.<ref name="bbcgrs">{{cite web | title = The Great Storm of 1703 | url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/features/understanding/1703_storm.shtml | publisher = [[BBC]] | accessdate = September 7 | accessyear = 2006}}</ref> Winstanley was actually on the tower at the time, as he had said he wished he could be on the reef in the greatest storm that ever blew under the face of heaven so he would see what effect it would have on his building,<ref name="bbcgrs" /> after the storm, no trace of him was ever found.<ref name="Tatler" />