Fort Le Marchant
| Fort Le Marchant | |
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 Fort Le Marchant with shooting range 2010 |
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| Alternative name (s): | Fort L'Angle |
| Creation time : | around 1680 |
| Castle type : | Coastal fort |
| Conservation status: | ruin |
| Construction: | Quarry stone |
| Place: | Bordeaux |
| Geographical location | 49 ° 30 '31.9 " N , 2 ° 31' 7.3" W |
| Height: | 8 m ASLTemplate: height / unknown reference |
Fort Le Marchant is the ruin of a coastal fort on the extreme northern tip of the Channel Island of Guernsey near the village of Bordeaux .
As early as 1680 there was a fort at this point, which was called Fort L'Angle . At the end of the 18th century the fear of a French attack on the island grew . So the fort was finally expanded in 1805 and named after the then Lieutenant Bailiff of Guernsey, Eleazar Le Marchant . A further expansion took place in 1854 with the construction of barracks on the land side, which were protected by a moat . The barracks were later demolished and the trench filled.
There is now a shooting range near the old fort . If a red flag is raised there, it is used and the fort cannot be visited.