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Herring Tower, Langness

Isle of Man

The 186th tallest tower in the world

m

The Herring Tower is situated on the Langness Peninsula in the south of the Isle of Man. It was built by Thomas Brine in 1811. The tower was built as a daymark and was based on the style of the tower of Peel Castle. Since 1991 Herring Tower has been protected as a registered building.

Building data from Wikidata (CC0); heights normalised. Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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