RAF Denge

[1] The Denge acoustic mirrors, known colloquially as 'listening ears', are located between Greatstone-on-Sea and Lydd Airport, on the banks of a now disused gravel pit.

Several were built along the south and east coasts, but the complex at Denge is the best preserved, and are protected as scheduled monuments.

[3][4] Acoustic mirrors did work and could effectively be used to detect slow moving enemy aircraft before they came into sight.

In 2003, English Heritage secured £500,000 from the Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund and from the EU's Interreg programme under the Historic Fortifications Network, as administered by Kent County Council.

[5] This money was spent to restore the damage caused by the gravel works, as well as to install a swing bridge which now is the only means of access, reducing the monument's exposure to vandalism.

200 ft Acoustic mirror at Denge
View of all three mirrors
The mirrors with the swing bridge visible in the foreground