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4 unusual facts about Dungeness


Aircraft Warning Service Observation Tower

The tower's original site was near Dungeness, but in 1992 the tower was moved to its present location.

Dungeness, Washington

It was given by George Vancouver in 1792, who wrote: The low sandy point of land, which from its great resemblance to Dungeness in ths British Channel, I called New Dungeness.

Dungeness crab is named after the town of Dungeness, which is located on the Strait of Juan de Fuca.

Sequim, Washington

The first European settlers arrived in the Dungeness Valley in the 1850s, settling nearby Dungeness, Washington.


1934 Hillman's Airways de Havilland Dragon Rapide crash

The normal route in conditions of bad visibility was from Dungeness to Le Touquet.

Beach house

One of the most famous twentieth century beach gardens was constructed by Derek Jarman at Dungeness, England.

Cumberland Island National Seashore

Exhibits focus on the island's natural and cultural history, including the Timucua Indians, cotton plantations that were established by American Revolutionary hero General Nathaniel Greene and cotton-gin inventor Eli Whitney, the history of the ruined mansion Dungeness and the Plum Orchard estate, and area activities during the War of 1812.

Separate We Come, Separate We Go

Filming took place at sparsely populated areas of Kent and East Sussex, including Dungeness, Romney Marsh, Lydd, Camber Sands, Rye Harbour, Winchelsea Beach and Dymchurch.

Shepway

The Royal Military Canal crosses the northern edge of the Romney Marsh; and the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway runs out to Dungeness from Hythe.

William Sansome Tucker

Some of these sound mirrors still survive along England's south coast, such as those to be found at Denge, near Dungeness, to the west side of a lake slightly north of Lydd-on-Sea.


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