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 "village"

Dungeness is not truly a village, more a scattered collection of dwellings. Some of the homes (small wooden houses in the main) are owned and lived in by fishermen, whose boats lie on the beach; some are occupied by people trying to escape the pressured outside world.

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Perhaps the most famous house is Prospect Cottage, formerly owned by the late artist and film director Derek Jarman. The cottage itself is painted black, with a poem written on one side in black lettering. The garden however is the main attraction. Reflecting the bleak, windswept landscape of the peninsula Derek Jarman's Garden is made of pebbles, driftwood, scrap metal and a few hardy plants. A book "Derek Jarman's Garden" is available, ISBN 0-500-01656-9.

Related Topics:
Cottage - Film - Derek Jarman - Poem - Derek Jarman's Garden

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There are more solidly-built houses around the site of the power stations.

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