Eddystone Rocks

American

[ed-uh-stuhn] / ˈɛd ə stən /

plural noun

a group of rocks near the W end of the English Channel, SW of Plymouth, England: celebrated lighthouse.

Eddystone Rocks British

/ ˈɛdɪstən /

noun

a dangerous group of rocks at the W end of the English Channel, southwest of Plymouth: lighthouse

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The project is inspired by civil engineer John Smeaton who built a 72ft-high lighthouse on Eddystone rocks near Plymouth in 1759.

From BBC

The Plymouth lifeboat has been sent to rescue a fishing boat near Eddystone Rocks off Rame Head in Cornwall.

From BBC

The Eddystone rocks being in such an exposed place, right in the way of so much shipping, it was resolved at once to rebuild the lighthouse.

From Project Gutenberg

The Revenge rolled and pitched upon the great green waves that met her in the open channel beyond the Eddystone rocks, and when she was off Ushant a thick sea-mist hemmed her in, and she lay there tossing for many hours under close-reefed sails, beyond sight or hail of the other vessels of the fleet.

From Project Gutenberg

Since her launching in 1921, she has run aground in New York harbor, broken her back on Eddystone Rocks off the English coast, rammed a Norwegian freighter, twice been damaged by mysterious fires.

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