Dungeness 'Sheds' Mug

Impressions of Dungeness This is the Marconi Structure or 'Sheds' at Dungeness. Built around the late 1890's Guglielmo Marconi used this building as a research and development centre for transmitting radio signals. In 1899 he became the first person to send a message across the English Channel. Dungeness is formed mostly of a shingle beach in the form of a cuspate foreland. Cuspate forelands are also known as cuspate barriers or Nesses. They extend outwards from the shoreline in a triangular shape and in the case of Dungeness are stabilized by vegetation forming a unique eco system. Dungeness is served by the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch miniature railway. It has two nuclear power stations, one active and one shut down, as well as two l...