Cowgate Cemetery Nature Reserve, Western Heights, Dover, Kent, UK

Abridged extracts from the plaque just inside the main (northern) entrance of the Victorian Cowgate Cemetery: Dover's Cowgate Cemetery is named after the medieval gate which allowed townspeople to graze their animals on the lower slopes of the Western Heights. The land, over two acres in extent, was donated by William Mowll and consecrated in 1835 by the Archbishop of Canterbury as an extension to the Parish churchyard. The layout of the cemetery is attributed to Stephen Geary, the architect who designed London's Highgate Cemetery. In 1990 the Wildlife Conservation Community Program (WCCP) discovered a small population of the Garden Dormouse (Eliomys quercinus) living in the cemetery. The Garden Dormouse is not 'officially' recorded as living in Britain. Click to see the original page of the 'Mystery Vault' photograph (with the empty coffin) which is referred to in this video podcast. Cowgate Cemetery is now considered to be a nature reserve. John Latter / Jorolat Images Of Dover | Videos of Dover | Dover Blog: The Psychology of a Small Town