According to this website, there have been not five lighthouses and Dungeness, which is how far my research led me, but seven. Two were low lights not the high ones I'd found. The first was constructed in 1884 in metal on a wooden base and included a huge foghorn. The second came in 1932 as a replacement for the metal structure which was by then, unsurprisingly, in need of extensive repairs. The 1930's structure was subsequently demolished to make way for the fifth high tower which was needed so the light wasn't obscured to the west by the nuclear power station.
Both the fifth high tower, which became an unmanned, automatic light, and the Dungeness nuclear power station remain in operation today.
This article is fascinating, do read it! :-
Lighthouses at Dungeness - Romney Marsh, The Fifth Continent (theromneymarsh.net)
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