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See also:GOODWIN SANDS
, a dangerous See also:line of shoals at the entrance to the Strait of See also:Dover from the See also:North See also:Sea, about 6 m. from the See also:Kent See also:coast of See also:England, from which they are separated by the anchorage of the See also:Downs
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For this they See also:form a shelter
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They are partly exposed at See also:low See also:water, but the sands are shifting, and in spite of See also:lights and See also:bell-buoys the Goodwins are frequently the See also:scene of wrecks, while attempts to erect a lighthouse or See also:beacon have failed
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Tradition finds in the Goodwins the remnant of an See also:island called Lomea, which belonged to See also:Earl See also:Godwine in the first See also:half of the rith See also:century, and was afterwards submerged, when the funds devoted to its See also:protection were diverted to build the See also: |
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