Again, I am surprised by the things I don’t know (well, I hear you say, why wouldn’t you be!).
I have always been struck by the bold black and white patterns painted on the Banks lighthouses, but never thought to ask if it had any significance.
Well, of course, it does. The patterns are what are called the “daymark” of the light: the pattern which enables a mariner to distinguish it from another Banks light during the day, when the flash pattern isn’t visible.
See the lighthouses gallery.
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