St. Dunstan Churchyard in Snargate, Kent

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Get directions Snargate, Kent, TN29 0EW England

Coordinates: 51.02271, 0.83718
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St Dunstan was built circa 1200 and sits on an artificial mound amongst the trees. The church has a chancel, nave and a north and south aisle, with a porch to the south and a tower, all buttressed.

Owing to its rather remote location it was one of the many mediaeval churches on the Romney Marsh involved with smugglers who found these churches prime locations for storing their purloined goods before distribution.

Local legend has it that if a church painted a ship opposite its main door on the north wall, it would serve as a signal to all that the church was indeed a safe place to hide smuggled cargo.

St. Dunstan has just such a painting, dating from the 1500s, depicting a great sailing ship with 4 masts of about 800 tons.