You may have noticed a page in Kent dedicated to the lost villages of Romney Marsh. Well, today I filmed one of them - namely Blackmanstone. That is one that I knew roughly where it lay, but never actually stopped and got off the bike and walked around to find it.
I did today. Sadly, there' s only a few piles of stones left to mark the former site of the village.
The other thing I did today, was to nip over to Ruckinge church, because, last time I went there, I forgot to photograph the purported site of the grave of the Ransley Brothers. I use the term 'purported', because the wood in iron grave marker has almost disintegrated.
If you have been following this site, you will probably know that the Ransleys were leaders of a smuggling gang, and were hanged for Highway Robbery at Penenden Heath near Maidstone in 1800.
