Friday, July 04, 2014

The Shell Grotto - Margate - Kent - England


The grotto was discovered in 1835 by James Newlove, who broke through into its roof while digging a duck-pond. It is is an ornate subterranean passageway in Margate, Kent.

Almost all the surface area of the walls and roof is covered in mosaics created entirely of seashells, totalling about 190 sq metres of mosaic, or 4.6 million shells.

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