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Reculver

Near Herne Bay, Kent

Twin church towers saved as a landmark for sailors, after the village fell to the sea.

Reculver was a Roman fort, then the site of a Saxon monastery and a village. As the sea ate away at the cliff, the village was abandoned, and in 1809 most of the church was pulled down.

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When
Church demolished 1809
Where
51.3790, 1.2000
Group
Lost & drowned villages

Visiting

English Heritage, free, with a country park and visitor centre.

Cover of The Ledger of Lost Britain by Cale Mills
Read the full story in the book

The Ledger of Lost Britain

The Romans arrived in AD 43. For most people that is where the history of Britain begins. But by the time the legions landed, people had already been living on these islands for thousands of years. They had hunted, farmed, mined flint, dragged stones across the country, raised a hill by hand, and buried their dead in great tombs. They left no written words. What they left was the ground itself. Every place in this book can be visited, or has been dug up, or is in a museum.

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