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3 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Kent, England

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Coldrum Long Barrow

A Neolithic burial site built 1,000 years before Stonehenge.

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Dog Collar Museum

A showcase of canine neckwear spanning five centuries of doggie fashion and function.

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The piece bears some resemblance to designs of eastern European origin.

The Lady in the Woods

This oak sculpture at the edge of a small wood is nine feet tall and shrouded in mystery.

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Maidstone's Mummy, Ta-Kush, is 2,700 years old. All photos by Alan Tigwell.

Maidstone, England

Maidstone Mummy

This 2,700-year-old woman is the jewel of the Maidstone Museum's Egyptian collection.

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Oakwood Hospital

Maidstone, England

Kent County Lunatic Asylum (Oakwood Hospital)

This former abandoned hospital, a complex of stunning 19th century buildings, once housed 2,000 psychiatric patients.

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The PS Medway Queen.

Gillingham, England

The PS Medway Queen

The "Heroine of Dunkirk" rescued over 7,000 Allied troops during the historic World War II evacuation.

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Tilbury, England

Tilbury Fort

This star-shaped artillery fort protected the mouth of the Thames from the 16th century to the Second World War.

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The ditch overlooks Pegwell Bay, a shallow inlet that may have been used as a landing site by Roman ships.

Found: The Site Where Julius Caesar May Have Landed in Britain

Is this Rome's first beachhead in the Isles?

by Vittoria Traverso

November 29, 2017

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