I couple of years ago I went on a hunt to find Kent’s Sound Mirrors. I had seen an album cover of the new Turin Brakes album that was out “Ether Song”, the cover art features a picture of the band members sitting in front of a Sound Mirror. Being curious I searched Sound Mirror on the internet a came across Andrew Grantham’s Website. He has one of the best Sound Mirror sites on the internet with information about Sound Mirrors all over the world and some pictures of them as well. I found information on where the Folkstone and Hythe Sound Mirrors are, but was struggling to get information on the location of the Three Denge Sounds Mirrors. After a couple of email chats with Andrew I had the locations, and so the quest began.
On 18th April 2003 I set out with friends of mine, Faye and Mike on a mission to visit Folkstone, Hythe and Denge Sound Mirrors (in that order). It was a great day out that just got better and better as the locations we visited became more impressive. The highlight of my day was capturing many good pictures of the Sound Mirrors that are on the Kent coast. I have recently read that the Denge Sound Mirrors no longer have public access, this prompted me to write this short piece and display some pictures so that all can now enjoy what I have been able to see. These really are impressive feats of engineering and visiting them made for a great day out!
#1 by Anne V on March 24th, 2006 - 12:51 pm
Great pictures. I’m hoping to do the sound mirror tour too this summer.
#2 by rich on September 7th, 2006 - 12:57 am
nice photos i went last week sept 3 2006.it is amazing to see that the mirrors were under treat of being flooded have now been saved from the water,thank you English Heritage and the Romney Marsh Countryside Project
#3 by Mike P on December 6th, 2006 - 11:57 pm
Nice Photos of the Sound Mirrors. I did take some Black & White Photos of these dish’s back in 1980.
I’m very glad that they are to be preserved.
Many thanks to English Heritage and the Romney Marsh Countryside Project.
I will try to visit the site next year 2007
#4 by leif BRUSH on July 8th, 2008 - 10:42 pm
I’m envious of your all those unheard big ears anchored within terra-firma…Beautifully preserved concrete-tho weather-worn and pitted, I’m assuming without have seen them- and for all those shown on this page, questions and bringing them back to a symbolic life comes to mind. Not as onlookers to impending havoc, but rather, to listen for what’s out there in-the-wind and calm! Are there differing Azimuth positions for each? Were they conjoined or in an intermittent pattern? Were these collating a collective spatial swath, and if so, think of what we could “see” today on through this century. With a microphone at each of their focal points what similar and yet changing Global sounds enter their pathways? For instance, I think about hugh variations occurring any day, during night, rain or fog and what columns of sounding variatios are there in the still of night? What birds zip in and out? Surely a specific ground truth which seems to be reliable GPS-sighted sound sources for Internet two streaming when coupled to DC power from a local solar panel and could transmit unique Earth soundtracks. LB; TBC
#5 by Lloyd S on September 13th, 2008 - 12:18 am
For all interested Sunday the 14th Sept is possibly the last chance to see these amazing ‘Mirrors’ rumours have it that the current owners of the site are selling to the RSPB who plan fence in the area and not allow visitors once the take over the area. For more information on the last tour of this year and possibly ever follow the link http://www.rmcp.co.uk/cgi-bin/db_public.cgi?page=walking (info at the bottom of the page) hope to see you there.