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Kent

The Sound Mirrors at Denge

2019-12-18
By: ODObill
On: December 18, 2019
In: Events and Tours, Historical Footnotes, Kent
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Located on the Denge marshes on the Dungeness Peninsular in Kent, lie three vast concrete structures, rising out of the flat landscape. The Sound Mirrors of Denge.Read More →

Margate Shell Grotto

2019-05-29
By: ODOmatt
On: May 29, 2019
In: Curiosities, Kent
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Discovered in 1835, the Margate Shell Grotto remains one of Britain’s biggest mysteries – a collection of subterranean mosaics, of unknown origin, made out of millions of sea shells. Secret pagan temple or the work of an eccentric gentleman? A trip to Kent isn’t complete without a stop at the enigmatic Margate Shell Grotto. Sandwich stop On a short weekend stay at the disarming tudor town of Sandwich (around the historic heart of the Cinque Ports), there wasn’t much that could be described as ‘odd’. So it was only right that I headed north for a day in the grittier Margate, the holiday destination ofRead More →

Ice Houses

2019-03-20
By: ODOstefan
On: March 20, 2019
In: East Sussex, Hampshire, Historical Footnotes, Kent, London, Short Stops, Surrey, Uncategorized, West Sussex
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Prior to the invention of refrigeration, fresh food would either have to be eaten immediately or preserved in a way that would impact its flavour. With the invention of the ice house (or ice well), the residents of Mari (an ancient city in modern-day Syria) came up with a solution to this way back in 1780 BC.Read More →

Grain – Kent’s most remote village

2019-02-19
By: ODObill
On: February 19, 2019
In: Extraneous Extremities, Historical Footnotes, Kent
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Grain is at the end of the long Hoo Peninsula in north Kent and there is only one road in and out. It’s the last stop on the B2001; an eerie route lined with power stations and refineries. At night, these buildings are lit up, creating a strange vista, akin to something out of Blade Runner.Read More →

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