Just thought I'd share my photographs and comments with you after visiting the "lost" fishing port of Dunwich, in Southern England.
Wikipedia's Dunwich entry; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunwich
When I arrived there in February, it was a very dank and sad place to be, the sea has clearly decimated 90% of the old fishing village, with graveyards and churches completely submerged in the dark grey depths of the ocean. Apparently the odd skeleton is found by people walking their dogs along the shore from time to time. Apparitions of Monks, and wails from the old leper colony (which I also visited) are often heard by the last few remaining villagers.
Above all, this is a must for Lovecraft fans to visit, if you haven't already...
Here's some photos I thought some of you here might like to see of my trip;
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A mysterious cottage near Dunwich Church. I couldn’t figure out if it was still inhabited or not, but it had a permeable air of Victorian-era despair about it. I loved it.
A shot of the Dunwich Churchyard grounds in some disrepair, this is the last remaining graveyard of the village that boasted nearly 50 places of worship, before most sank into the sea. Surviving gravestones go back to the 1600’s.
At the back of Dunwich Church, hidden from the road, stands the scant ruins of the extremely old Leper Colony. This hole in the wall is the only window facing the Sea, and so many of the afflicted must have stood and looked out towards the water as it unleashed its cruel force on the village.
Some winch machinery found near the old fishing boats on the Dunwich shore, this contraption had clearly bore witness to the ravages of the elements.
The majority of this eerie Suffolk fishing village was lost to the sea over the course of a few hundred years, and ghostly bells from its sunken churches are still to be heard, perpetually calling out for a saviour that never came. As I say, skeletons from long forgotten graveyards are still found in the open after being left exposed by the ever-encroaching sea, and the haunted souls of despairing monks often travel through the village in ghostly procession; in other words, a very bleak, yet mesmerising village. This shot showing the sole remaining fishermen’s hut that’s very old and is extremely dilapidated and weather-beaten.
I wondered if anyone else here has been there?
Phil_jr
p.s. I also found something on Dunwich shore... see here for info...
http://search.ebay.co.uk/search/search. ... wich+relic
