Fort Les Hommeaux Florains

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Fort Les Hommeaux Florains
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Creation time : 1850s
Castle type : Coastal fort
Conservation status: ruin
Construction: Ashlar
Place: Saint Anne
Geographical location 49 ° 43 '39.2 "  N , 2 ° 9' 31.3"  W Coordinates: 49 ° 43 '39.2 "  N , 2 ° 9' 31.3"  W.
Height: 0  m ASLTemplate: height / unknown reference

Fort Les Hommeaux Florains is the ruin of a Victorian fort on a small rocky island off the northeast tip of the channel island Alderney . It belongs to the Eastern Forts and was laid out in 1859.

The fort was equipped with 5 cannons, according to other sources with 7 cannons. The crew consisted of 67 officers and men.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Visit Alderney . Facebook. April 23, 2017. Retrieved April 9, 2018.
  2. ^ Colin Partridge, Trevor Davenport: The Fortifications of Alderney . Alderney Publishers, Saint Anne. ISBN 0-9517156-0-7 . Pp. 72-81.