ഈ വിളക്കുമാടം is surrounded by sand dunes,. However, when it was built in the 1900s, there were no sand dunes, അടുത്തുള്ള, and it was much further inland than it was now. Over the years, the sea encroached കാറ്റു ഊതി so much sand on it that at times അതിന്റെ വെളിച്ചം was barely visible.