Fort Grandes Rocques
Fort Grandes Rocques | |
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Alternative name (s): | Grandes Rocques Battery |
Creation time : | 1779 |
Castle type : | Coastal fort |
Conservation status: | well preserved |
Place: | Castel |
Geographical location | 49 ° 29 '17.4 " N , 2 ° 35' 19.5" W |
Height: | 10 m ASLTemplate: height / unknown reference |
Fort Grandes Rocques , also known as Grandes Rocques Battery , is a coastal fort near the village of Castel on the northwest coast of the Channel Island of Guernsey .
The fort was built around 1779 and was armed with three 24 pounder cannons. The associated powder magazine was some distance from the battery.
During World War II , when the Germans occupied the Channel Islands and made it part of their Atlantic Wall , Fort Grandes Rocques was also changed. Today it is a tourist attraction.
Web links and sources
- Gun Batteries . Guernsey Museum. Section: Grandes Rocques Battery .