Bell Rock Lighthouse Limited Edition Print

Giclee print on fine art paper Signed Limited Edition of 500 prints Print dimension: 13" x 19" 12 miles off the eastern coast of Dundee, Scotland lays the deadly reef of Inchcape. The top of the reef is visible only at low tide and at high tide can be submerged by 16 feet of water, presenting an extremely challenging navigational hazard to the busy shipping lanes for vessels leaving and heading for the Firth of Tay and Forth. Legend has it that some 500 years ago, the Abbot of Aberbrothock, had a bell mounted on a small boat anchored just off the Inchcape reef. The constant rocking of the waves would sound the bell and warn unwary mariners of the dangers that lay beneath. The legend goes on to tell that pirates stole the bell, presumable having lost out on the rich pickings from damaged and wrecked ships on the reef. Robert Stevenson championed the idea of building a lighthouse on the Inchcape reef and designed a structure that would withstand the worst storms the notorious North Sea c