Dungeness

Dungeness is the headland of a shingle beach on the Romney Marsh in Kent, England. It is also given to a "village" situated along the beach: and to an important ecological site on the same location.

The "landscape"

Liverpool university and the Romney Marsh research trust have produced an excellent interactive website, which shows how this area of England evolved. The current landscape is of relatively recent origin (late medieval) and was further altered when the Marsh was drained and replaced by the large arable fields of industrial agriculture. The web site links ecology, geomorphology and the human history in an accessible format for the non specialist (ie most of us).

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http://www.romneymarsh.net/

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The serene other worldly-ness of Dungeness is currently under threat from plans to lengthen the runway of a nearby airfield to accommodate large jets so that it can expand passenger operations.

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Director Derek Jarman made his home in Dungeness and grew an outstanding garden there. Dungeness became the setting of his movie The Garden.

Related Topics:
Derek Jarman - The Garden

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