Walk along the old town defences of Sandwich

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Walk along the old town defences of Sandwich

Image: © Marathon Taken: 12 Jan 2014

This walk is on the western stretch of the old town defences for Sandwich, first built in 1384. The water on the left is the Delf Stream. This was greatly improved by Dutch water engineers in the later 15th century. They built many sluices so that all the fields could be irrigated. Their network of artificial streams formed the water supply and sewers for the whole of Sandwich until the late 19th century. In the distance on the left is The Butts - see http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3815069 for more information.

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