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Report - Denge Sound Mirrors, Kent, July 2016

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UrbanLime

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Got bored one evening.

History.

The acoustic mirrors, known colloquially as 'listening ears', at Denge are located between Greatstone-on-Sea and Lydd airfield, on the banks of a now disused gravel pit. The mirrors were built in the late 1920s and early 1930s as an experimental early warning system for incoming aircraft, developed by Dr William Sansome Tucker. Several were built along the south and east coasts, but the complex at Denge is the best preserved.

Money Shots.

Main Sound Mirror -

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30ft Sound Mirror

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200FT Sound Wall very impressive size

Person in middle of the wall for size

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Squad Photo

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Bonus Tank Photo

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ACID- REFLUX

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Nice to see again, as i understand it these Mirrors couldn"t tell the difference between a Nazi Plane or anyones else"s so were of limited use and soon replaced by Radar....luckily for us. (There"s some still surviving near Spurn Point FYI )

I didn"t fancy the "Jump" when i was there solo & didn"t have my Speedos ;)
 

UrbanLime

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Water was cold, and bugs galor. There Also two in folkstone, but there much more run down then these ones
 

mw0sec

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The amusing thing is that the development of these was continued well after the decision to go with radar. The problem was that the radar development was so secret that they could not tell the mirror chaps, so a blind alley was followed up for some time!
 

officialkrafty

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I've heard that this place is only accessible once a year on an open day. Yet I see no other "tourists" ... there is hope yet to get a shoot done here with no interruptions?!
 

silentpartner

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I'm planning on going here soon. May wade across despite being chest deep (depending on how tall you are). Hoping for some good photos but also refuse to pay the RNIB charge of £42.50 for amateur photography day.
 
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