Sluice Gates - Kearsney Abbey, Dover, Kent.
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A pair of cast iron sluice gates at Kearsney Abbey near Dover, Kent.
Waymark Code: WMETK5
Location: South East England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 07/06/2012
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This pair of cast iron sluice gates are located within Kearsney
Abbey, a public park on the outskirts of Dover. The sluice gates,
bridge and waterfall were part of a fake 'eye catcher' built at the
end of the ornamental lakes in Kearsney Abbey, and now the wall, to
which the bridge and sluice are attached, have a Grade II listing.
The sluice gates control the water flow from the adjacent lake and
ponds in Bushy Ruff Gardens. The lake there is fed by a highly
seasonal stream, the Drellingore, with the confluence of the
Drellingore and River Dour here at Kearsney Abbey. The water flows
under the Alkham Road through this sluice into the lakes and
ornamental streams of Kearsney Abbey, eventually into the River Dour.