Littlestone-on-Sea
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Littlestone-on-Sea is a small coastal village in the parish of New Romney in Kent, England. It was established in the 1880s by Sir Robert Perks as a resort for the gentry, at the point of the local li
Littlestone beach
Littlestone on Sea 3D
Phoenix breakwaters
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The Phoenix breakwaters were a set of reinforced concrete caissons built as part of the artificial Mulberry harbours that were assembled as part of the preparations for the Normandy landings during Wo
Littlestone-on-Sea
…in the 1880s by Sir Robert Perks as a resort for the gentry, at the point of the local lifeboat station. At low tide, a World War II Mulberry Harbour Phoenix breakwater is visible along the coast; the caisson was unable to be refloated as part of the post D-Day harbour construction in Normandy, so was abandoned. The…
A line of Phoenix caissons forming a breakwater at Arromanches in Normandy
A pair of Phoenixes at Portland Harbour in Dorset