Kent's horrifying lost island where visitors are banned
It lies opposite Queenborough in Sheppey and is probably one of the most haunting spots in the county. Dubbed Deadman's Island, the grisly place sounds like something from a Pirates of the Caribbean film. But it in fact earned its name after recent investigations found it littered with human remains.
More than 200 years ago, the island was used as a burial ground for convicts who died aboard prison ships. And rising sea levels have caused the lost bodies of the 'prison hulk' boats just off Sheppey to be uncovered. Coastal erosion and lower tides mean that in 2020, wooden coffins, aged skulls and fragments of bones stick out from the six feet of mud that once blanketed the area.