Fort Corblets
| Fort Corblets | |
|---|---|
| Creation time : | 1850s |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg |
| Conservation status: | ruin |
| Construction: | Ashlar |
| Place: | Saint Anne |
| Geographical location | 49 ° 43 '44.5 " N , 2 ° 10' 13.8" W |
| Height: | 16 m ASLTemplate: height / unknown reference |
Fort Corblets is the ruin of a Victorian coastal fort on a north-facing peninsula in the northeast of the Alderney Channel Island . It belongs to the Eastern Forts and was created in the 1850s.
The fort was equipped with 13 cannons in 4 batteries. It was manned by 59 men.
Individual evidence
- ^ Colin Partridge, Trevor Davenport: The Fortifications of Alderney . Alderney Publishers, Saint Anne. ISBN 0-9517156-0-7 . Pp. 72-81.