The Sun promotes holidays in Kilnsea, saying “The main tourist attraction is the Kilnsea Sound Mirror, a Grade II listed acoustic mirror used in WWI as a warning device.”
Individual mirrors
“Bombing the Channel Ports” by Eric Ravilious, then and now
A comparison of the 1941 watercolour painting “Bombing the Channel Ports” by war artist Eric Ravilious, and the same view of the Abbott’s Cliff sound mirror on 13 August 2017.
Bombing the Channel Ports © IWM (Art.IWM ART LD 1588)
The painting is described by the Imperial War Museum as showing “a deserted coastal road that leads past an ‘acoustic mirror’ early warning device. In the top right of the composition there are searchlights beaming up into the sky, and a large circular glow of light to one side.”
Selsey sound mirror
Photographing the Kilnsea sound mirror
Martin Fuge shows how he photographed the Kilnsea sound mirror. His other landscape photography videos are worth watching as well.
Sunderland sound mirror goes viral
This tweet about the Sunderland sound mirror was a little bit popular!
Delighted to discover Sunderland's sound mirror hidden behind the VW garage in Fulwell. It was built around 1917 to detect Zeppelins after deadly airship attacks on the city in 1916. More info athttps://t.co/Qn1K2qXZ2R pic.twitter.com/H9Wvbwd48d
— Birmingham 81 (@Birmingham_81) January 22, 2018
Drone films Denge sound mirrors
Filming with a drone – The Dungeness Sound Mirrors. pic.twitter.com/Kc2zZ0CZJW
— Tim Paine (@TimPaine) June 25, 2016
CEMEX UK commissioned ECP Video to produce a short documentary on the history of the gravel pit at Dungeness, which is now an RSPB nature reserve.
Sunderland sound mirror restoration
Beaumont Brown Architects describe their work to restore the Sunderland sound mirror which was recently completed.
Sunderland sound mirror restoration video
Limestone Landscapes – Defended Land video about the resortation of the sound mirror at Fulwell in Sunderland.
2015 Denge sound mirror open day date
The 2015 open day at the Denge sound mirrors near Dungeness in Kent is on Sunday 19 July 2015. The opening times are 10.00-17.00, with last entry at 16.30.
There are full details at the Romney Marsh Countryside Project website:
The RMCP will be present all day to talk you through them and help with any questions and we ask for a donation per person to cover our costs for the day. You will need to park at Lade car park and follow the signs to make your own way to the Mirrors, where staff will be positioned at the bridge and on the island. Last entry 4.30pm. Suggested donation of £2 appreciated.
The RMCP events are the only way to visit the Denge sound mirrors. The events are always popular, and well worth going to.
Please note that I have absolutely no connection with the RMCP. Make you sure that you confirm the details of the open day with them before going – do not rely on my Sound Mirrors website!
Selsey sound mirror history
The downloadable “Coastal Defence and Zeppelin Raids” chapter (number 9) of the Invasion threats and counter measures section of West Sussex County Council’s Great War West Sussex 1914-18 webpages features information on the Selsey sound mirror written by Martin Dale.