Explore the types of shells present in the Grotto, the two foreign anomalies and the discovery of an entirely different shelled creature entirely.

Discovered by accident in 1838, debate has raged over the Grotto ever since. Even the truth about its discovery is shrouded in mystery.

A transcript of an article from the Kentish Mercury, 12 May 1838 - the first ever recorded reference the Shell Grotto.

A transcription of Victorian novelist Marie Corelli's 1885 article about the Grotto entitled 'One of the World's Wonders'.