This plaque was mounted to the memory of the "Beachy Head Woman", She was a sub-Saharan African who grew up in East Sussex, England in the 2nd-3rd Century AD.
This plaque was created by a BBC History team and is one of twenty placed around the world for the series Black and British: A Forgotten History. It marks a significant moment in the history of the United Kingdom.
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