Reculver is a roman fort . half of it has been washed away by the sea , there is a ruined church with two towers right by the sea . take your eyes on the left because on a right there are lots of caravans , they say the fort is haunted .
Reculver fort, saxon church and towers. This coastal promontory started as an iron stage settlement and was developed as the Roman Garrison fortress of Regulbium to guard the once navigable northern end of the Wantsum Channel. Anglo- Saxon chroniclers record that King Etherbert later re-developed the site in 669 for monastic and religious purposes as a penance for foul deeds done in obtaining the throne. Three hundred later King Eadred gave the site to the Archbishopric of Canterbury. In the middle ages the two prominent towers were added and the "minster" became a parish church. The buildings survived right up to the early 19 th century, by which time the sea had eroded the site to such an extent that the remaining structure of the church demolished. The towers, however, were saved by the intervantion of the corperation of Trinity house as a distinctive landmark for passing estuary shipping.
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