Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HUSHING WELL

HUSHING WELL, a phenomenon on the coast of Sussex; near Pagham, 3 miles WSW of Bognor. It occurs on a shingle bank, within sea mark; consists in a seething and hissing of the water, like the surface of a huge caldron over a space of about 130 feet by 30; and is caused by a bursting and bubbling of air, from some submarine cavern up through the pebbles of the shingle.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

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Feature Description: "a phenomenon"   (ADL Feature Type: "locations")
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