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DUNGENESS
, a promontory of the See also:south See also:coast of See also:England, in the south of See also:Kent, near the See also:town of Lydd
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It is a See also:low-lying broad See also:bank of See also:shingle, forming the seaward See also:apex of the See also:great level of the See also:Romney Marshes
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Its seaward See also:accretion is estimated at 6 ft. annually
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Its formation is characteristic, consisting of a See also:series of ridges forming a See also:succession of curves from a See also:common centre
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It is unique, however, among the great promontories of the south coast of England, the accretion of See also:gravel See also:banks falling into deep See also:water contrasting with the cliff-See also:bound headlands of the See also:North See also:Foreland, Beachy See also:Head and the See also:Lizard, and with the low eroded Selsey See also:Bill, off which the See also:sea is shallow
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A See also:light-See also:house (500 55' N., 0 58' E.) stands on the ness, which has been the See also:scene of many shipwrecks, and has been lighted since the See also:time of See also: |
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