Immortalised by Dame Vera Lyn warbling about blue birds hovering over white cliffs, Dover is the most famous image of England to a departing or arriving traveller. The White Cliffs are a National Trust protected site of special scientific interest and one of the most famous natural landmarks in England.
During the Iron Age the first defensive earthwork was built upon the cliffs and some three to four hundred years later a Roman fortification stood in its place. The White Cliffs Experience in Market Square has many exhibits about Roman Dover or Dubris, as it was then known.
By the Norman invasion Dover had consolidated its reputation as one of the country’s entry points and no time was wasted in building a fortification near the Saxon Church of St. Mary in Castro. No other castle in England has such a long recorded history and it is well worth the trip where you will see the Roman Pharohs.
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2009 marks the 250th anniversary of Scottish poet Robert Burns' birth. Burns was a poet and a lyricist and is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland.
The Burns Supper was started a few years after his death by a group of his friends; they held the supper to honour and remember Burns. The tradition caught on and the ritual of Burns Supper is now held all around the world.
His life and work will be celebrated throughout the year at many Burns-related events.
