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The Romney Marshes are situated in the South East corner of England, cover an area of approximately 100 square miles and include the third largest coast wetland in Europe. The Marsh region includes the Walland Marsh, Denge Marsh and Romney Marsh itself; the Pett Levels, East Guldeford and Brede make up the Eastern edge of the Marshes. The Marshes are bordered by the English Channel to the South while ancient sea cliffs – providing a visible backdrop to much of the Marshes – mark a northern border with the rest of England and show the original coast line at the end of the last Ice Age, approx. 10,000 years ago. Then, rivers flowed off the Weald into a marine bay. Over time islands and shingle banks formed in the bay, followed by silt and sand deposits. About 5,000 years ago, sea-level stabilized and the area changed to a series of lagoons, sand pits and salt plains. Subsequent long shore drift created a tidal barrier while reclamation of this land, started by the romans and carried on by Saxons and then Normans for agricultural use, together with fierce storms in the 14th Century have combined to render the Marsh into its current world important geomorphological, geographical and geological formation and natural
habitat populated with rare flora, fauna and fauna.
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