View south from Minster High Street
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View south from Minster High Street
Image: © Marathon Taken: 3 Jul 2016
Minster Abbey is named after a Saxon nunnery here which was founded in 664AD and sacked by the Danes in 835. This was re-established about 1130, when the present church was built, incorporating and still showing parts of its Saxon predecessor. It is located on the highest point of the Isle of Sheppey and gives superb views to the south across the island and beyond The Swale to the mainland. A full description of the Abbey can be found at http://www.minsterabbey.org.uk/3.html This view is from High Street, just to the south of the churchyard. The hills on the horizon are on the mainland.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.420998
Longitude
0.8117