Archive for the ‘Individual mirrors’ Category
Warden Point sound mirror on YouTube
Thursday, February 18th, 2010Abbot’s Cliff photo
Sunday, January 31st, 2010Sound Mirror on cliffs above Dover at Exploring the Kent Coast (and a bit of E. Sussex) by Sally Swan.
Hythe and Denge photos
Sunday, September 6th, 2009Aerial view of Denge sound mirrors
Sunday, August 9th, 2009An aerial photograph of the sound mirrors at Denge. Just how close these structures were to disappearing into the flooded mineral extraction workings can be clearly seen
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Panoramic photos of Denge sound mirrors
Sunday, August 2nd, 2009Geoff Mather has made some wonderful panoramic photos of the three Denge acoustic mirrors, as well as lots of other panoramic pictures.
Sound Mirror Denge 200 Foot in England
Denge mirrors seem from above
Sunday, July 19th, 2009As a result of visiting Camber castle on 4 July 2009, I stumbled across RXwildlife Sightings, the weblog with the latest wildlife sightings for the Hastings, Rye Bay, Dungeness and Romney Marsh area
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On the website is an aerial photograph from 1946 showing (if you look carefully!) the Denge sound mirrors from above. There is also a modern view for comparison, showing how the area has been developed.
This photo shows the Lade, the north eastern part of the Dungeness shingle beach in 1946. This section of the beach is relatively young with a series of beach ridges terminating in the marsh soils to the west of the shingle. The dark line bending round from the top left and cutting south across the shingle is the old railway line, with little development to the west of this feature other than the listening mirrors, which were reached by tracks from the east coast. These structures were a pre-radar attempt to focus the noise of aircraft crossing the channel for its operators, and in those days they have a relatively clear view of the sea with only scattered housing along the coast. the most extensive buildings are the beginnings of the Romney Sands holiday camp.
A series of “then and now” photos show how the coast line has changed over time.
Sound mirror open day 19 July 2009
Friday, July 17th, 2009Just a reminder about this weekend’s open day at the Denge sound mirrors, organised by the Romney Marsh Countryside Project:
Due to the overwhelming popularity of last years Echoes of the Sky tours we are making a few changes this year. We will be holding a new open day on Sunday 19th July. The island will be open from 10am in the morning until 5pm. Dr Richard Scarth, an expert on these structures, will be present to answer any questions. The Sound Mirrors are located on private land and this is the only way in which they can be accessed. We will have a number of staff stationed at key places to help direct people to the island. There will a member of staff on the bridge asking for a £2 donation per person to cover costs. Parking is available at Lade car park, opposite Taylor Road on Coast Drive (halfway between the Pilot Pub and Romney Sands) (TR 085 208). This will be a non-booking event, you just need to turn up on the day. The walk will be across shingle. For anymore details contact the Romney Marsh Countryside Project
Sound mirrors on Greatstone website
Sunday, July 12th, 2009Greatstone.net has comprehensive information on the village of Greatstone, the home to Sound Mirrors, [...] large concrete structures built in the 1920s and 1930s to detect enemy aircraft.
The history section of the website has details of the Denge mirrors, and also the railways and a US bomber which crashed nearby.
Kilnsea sound mirror pictures
Sunday, June 14th, 2009Kilnsea Sound Mirror at From The Neolithic To The Sea.
This is a personal journey through time and space, visiting many places and the story told in pictures and words. As with most journeys, we encounter the ordinary, the unusual and the interesting. Some we seek, some we find and some even find us.
From The Neolithic To The Sea: A Journey From The Past To The Present
Other pages of interest on the site include the Humber Port War Signal Station at Spurn, Reighton Sands and the Godwin Artillery Battery at Kilnsea.
Denge photos
Sunday, May 31st, 2009Michael Rich has a slideshow of photos of Denge taken in April 2009.
Peter King photography’s Sound Mirrors Photos were taken on 13 July 2008, and Echoes In The Sky Dungeness & Sound Mirrors are from 19 August 2007.
