Bidders will have the chance to purchase a slice of one of the country’s most unique landscapes when a parcel of land goes under the hammer.

Auctioneers Clive Emson have been instructed to sell a 26-acre plot alongside the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway at Dungeness which contains military ruins dating back to the Napoleonic wars with France.

The site, which is located between Battery Road in the south and Kerton Road to the north, will be auctioned online on September 21 with a guide price of £55-58,000.

As it sits within a designated Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), anyone purchasing the land would be required to ensure any changes planned for the land do not have an impact on wildlife.

According to the auctioneers, part of the site incorporates the remains of a Napoleonic fort, believed to have been built in 1798 and modified in 1860.

Auctioneer Kevin Gilbert said: “The majority of it is SSSI, so whatever people decide that they think that they could do with it they’ll need to make their own investigations.

“It’s just a lovely piece of land with a little bit of historic interest there in the remains of the old Napoleonic fort.

“Twenty-six acres for a guide of £55,000 to £58,000 would not be the most expensive piece of land at all, in any way, shape or form.

“We originally sold it to our clients a little while ago, it’s been held locally for many, many years, the people that bought it then decided they would prefer to take the money out of the piece of land to put into another project, hence it came back to the market.

“It’s absolutely lovely down there, you’ve got all sorts of fauna and flora and probably butterflies in the right time of year. It’s just a nice piece of English seaside land.

A village Methodist chapel is also on offer at the same auction.

The Wesleyan place of worship in The Street in Appledore is being sold on the instruction of the trustees and is listed with a guide price of £180-190,000. Built around 1836, the building includes a porch, vestry, worship hall, offices and kitchen.

Auctioneer Kevin Gilbert, a director at Clive Emson, said: "Churches and chapels are regular features of our sales and this is an attractive building.

"It might well lend itself to conversion into residential accommodation, as long as all necessary consents are obtainable.

"There is a small forecourt at the front and areas along the sides and at the back."

The chapel is listed as lot 105 in Clive Emson's forthcoming online auction on September 21.