Fort Raz
| Fort Raz | |
|---|---|
| Alternative name (s): | Fort Île de Raz |
| Creation time : | 1850s |
| Castle type : | Coastal fort |
| Conservation status: | ruin |
| Construction: | Ashlar |
| Place: | Saint Anne |
| Geographical location | 49 ° 43 '6.6 " N , 2 ° 10' 4.5" W |
| Height: | 4 m ASLTemplate: height / unknown reference |
Fort Raz , also Fort Île de Raz , is the ruin of a Victorian fort on the Île de Raz , a small rocky island off the east coast of the Channel Island of Alderney and connected to it by a dam . It belongs to the Eastern Forts and was created in the 1850s.
The fort was equipped with 10 cannons and manned by 64 men.
Individual evidence
- ^ Colin Partridge, Trevor Davenport: The Fortifications of Alderney . Alderney Publishers, Saint Anne. ISBN 0-9517156-0-7 . Pp. 72-81.