You might think that every small piece of land in the middle of an ocean should have a lighthouse. But in the case of the islands of the Caribbean, that isn't necessarily true. Most of them have at least one lightouse, but not all of them. I looked for a lighthouse on Martinique, where explosive and deadly Mont Pelee is located (to have something related to the Kilauea rift eruption that's happening right now in Hawaii). Alas, Martinique doesn't have a lighthouse.
But nearby Barbados does. A few of them, in fact. The one chosen here wasn't actually built on Barbados first, it was built in London, then disassembled and sent to Barbados and re-assembled. As Wikipedia says:
"It is the oldest lighthouse in Barbados. It was brought to Barbados in 1852, one year after being shown at London’s Great Exhibition, and reassembled on the southernmost point of the island. Although still listed as active, the lighthouse is now considered to be more of a national landmark and tourist attraction..."It's located on the southern end of the island, as you might have been able to guess, and it's south and east of Bridgetown.
So here's some quick picks, including the lighthouse on coins and stamps:
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