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A second Pharos was built on the Western Heights.

Mary, in Dover Castle and is today in an excellent state of preservation. One is on the east cliff and stands adjacent to the church of St. In order for the Roman ships to navigate more easily,В two lighthouses, Pharos, were built on top of the cliffs.

#Song white cliffs of dover full

It seemed to me that the place was altogether unsuitable for landing.' (Caesar's Commentaries, Book IV.)Д¬aesar and his army instead landed justВ along the coast in Deal and a year later a full scale invasion followed. At that point steep cliffs came down close to the sea in such a way that it is possible to hurl weapons from them right down to the shore. The first recorded description of Dover describes the scene that Julius Caesar saw in 55 BC when, with two legions of soldiers, he arrivedВ near Dover looking for a suitable landing place for the Roman invasion.Д¬aesar supposedly 'saw the enemy's forces, armed, in position on all the hills there. The history of Britain is intricately linked with the White Cliffs. The consequence of this was that Britain became an island. The latter part of the Ice Age also saw the invasion of chalk by the English Channel. Most of the shaping of the beautiful chalk downlands we see today took place during the last Ice Age. Since the time of the chalk sea, the chalk has been lifted out of the water by movements of the earth's crust. The coccoliths are too small to be seen without a powerful microscope but if you look carefully you will find fossils of some of the larger inhabitants of the chalk sea such as sponges, shells, ammonites and urchins. In spite of this, up to 500 metres of chalk were deposited in places. It is thought that the chalk was deposited very slowly, probably only half a millimetre a year, equivalent to about 180 coccoliths piled one on top of another. The sea bottom was made of a white mud formed from the fragments of coccoliths, whichВ wereВ the skeletons of tiny algae which floated in the surface waters of the sea. On a clear day you can see right across from the Dover cliffs to the cliffs on the French coast at Cap Gris Nez, proof of the continuous strata of chalk.ДЄround seventy million years ago this part of Britain was submerged by a shallow sea. The Cliffs have been immortalised in song, in literature and in art. Millions pass through DoverВ each year on their journey to or from the continent.В In some places over 300 feet high, the White Cliffs are a symbol ofВ the United KingdomВ and a reassuring sight to travellers. The famous White Cliffs of Dover stand guard at the Gateway to England. Home > Information Resources > Articles & Factsheets > White Cliffs of Dover White Cliffs of Dover Discover The White Cliffs