{"id":6,"date":"2009-03-01T16:45:11","date_gmt":"2009-03-01T16:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"\/soundmirrors\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2018-03-16T20:13:15","modified_gmt":"2018-03-16T20:13:15","slug":"abbots-cliff","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.andrewgrantham.co.uk\/soundmirrors\/locations\/abbots-cliff\/","title":{"rendered":"Abbot&#8217;s Cliff sound mirror"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" data-context=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/andrewgrantham\/36453360461\/in\/photostream\/\" title=\"North Downs Way - Etchinghill to Dover\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4373\/36453360461_62f2b81856_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" alt=\"North Downs Way - Etchinghill to Dover\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.andrewgrantham.co.uk\/soundmirrors\/\">sound mirror<\/a> at Abbot&#8217;s Cliff, between Folkestone and Dover in Kent, is one of the easier ones to access, being alongside a footpath.<\/p>\n<p>Some photos taken on 3 May 2003. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/mirror\/abbot05.jpg\" alt=\"[Front view]\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The mirror from the front.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pic\"><a href=\"\/images\/mirror\/abbot03.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/mirror\/abbot03-small.jpg\" alt=\"[Back view]\" width=\"250\" height=\"173\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The back of the mirror, with a tree growing in it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pic\"><a href=\"\/images\/mirror\/abbot04.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/mirror\/abbot04-small.jpg\" alt=\"[View towards Folkestone]\" width=\"250\" height=\"169\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Looking towards Folkestone Warren.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pic\"><a href=\"\/images\/mirror\/abbot01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/mirror\/abbot01-small.jpg\" alt=\"[Small square building]\" width=\"250\" height=\"167\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The small square concrete building visible in the view towards Folkestone. Inside it has a concrete pillar with a metal rod (pivot?) in the top. I would guess it had some sort of military use. The top of the mirror can be seen to the right, where the cliff top is slightly lower.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pic\"><a href=\"\/images\/mirror\/abbot-sign.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/mirror\/abbot-sign-small.jpg\" alt=\"[A sign saying 'Caution - Cliff Edge']\" width=\"147\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mind the gap.<\/p>\n<h2>Location<\/h2>\n<p class=\"pic\"><a href=\"\/images\/mirror\/abbot02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/mirror\/abbot02-small.jpg\" alt=\"[View towards Dover]\" width=\"250\" height=\"167\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Abbot&#8217;s Cliff mirror is at <a title=\"Map\" href=\"http:\/\/www.streetmap.co.uk\/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=627085&amp;Y=138675&amp;A=Y&amp;Z=3\">grid reference TR27083867<\/a>, between Folkestone and Dover. It is very easy to find, simply follow the tarmac path along the cliff top, and you can&#8217;t really miss it (it is a great big block of concrete, after all!). It is a five to ten minute walk from the Folkestone &#8211; Dover road.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"425\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/maps.google.co.uk\/maps\/ms?hl=en&amp;gl=uk&amp;ptab=2&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;oe=UTF8&amp;msa=0&amp;msid=216968086968074377513.0004484414756de8bb9e1&amp;t=h&amp;ll=51.102336,1.244888&amp;spn=0.009432,0.018239&amp;z=15&amp;output=embed\"><\/iframe><br \/><small>View <a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.co.uk\/maps\/ms?hl=en&amp;gl=uk&amp;ptab=2&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;oe=UTF8&amp;msa=0&amp;msid=216968086968074377513.0004484414756de8bb9e1&amp;t=h&amp;ll=51.102336,1.244888&amp;spn=0.009432,0.018239&amp;z=15&amp;source=embed\" style=\"color:#0000FF;text-align:left\">Sound mirrors<\/a> in a larger map<\/small><\/p>\n<h2>Art<\/h2>\n<p>The Abbot&#8217;s Cliff sound mirror appears in <i>Bombing the Channel Ports<\/i>, a 1941 watercolour by war artist Eric Ravilious.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iwm.org.uk\/\/collections\/item\/object\/22468\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Bombing the Channel Ports\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/media.iwm.org.uk\/iwm\/mediaLib\/176\/media-176449\/standard.jpg?action=e\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iwm.org.uk\/collections\/item\/object\/22468\">&#8220;Bombing the Channel Ports&#8221;<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iwm.org.uk\/corporate\/privacy-copyright\" target=\"_blank\">&copy; IWM (Art.IWM ART LD 1588)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h2>More<\/h2>\n<p>News and updates about the <a href=\"\/soundmirrors\/tag\/abbots-cliff\/\">Abbot&#8217;s Cliff sound mirror<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The sound mirror at Abbot&#8217;s Cliff, between Folkestone and Dover in Kent, is one of the easier ones to access, being alongside a footpath. Some photos taken on 3 May 2003. The mirror from the front. The back of the mirror, with a tree growing in it. Looking towards Folkestone Warren. The small square concrete [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":1340,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewgrantham.co.uk\/soundmirrors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewgrantham.co.uk\/soundmirrors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewgrantham.co.uk\/soundmirrors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewgrantham.co.uk\/soundmirrors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewgrantham.co.uk\/soundmirrors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewgrantham.co.uk\/soundmirrors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3184,"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewgrantham.co.uk\/soundmirrors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6\/revisions\/3184"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewgrantham.co.uk\/soundmirrors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewgrantham.co.uk\/soundmirrors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}