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A Jersey Round Tower. Coastal towers stand all along the coast of the island. The British built 22 round towers, one similar square tower, and eight Martello towers towards the end of the 18th century and in the early to mid-19th century, but now only 24 remain, including seven of the Martellos.
Seymour Tower is a coastal defence tower built on a rocky tidal island called L'Avarison, located 2 km (1.25 miles) east of the shoreline of Jersey, [1] an area included in Jersey's southeast coast Ramsar site. [2] Acquired by Jersey Heritage in 2006, it has since been used for self-catering accommodation.
Coastal defence tower Single-story guardhouse and magazine built in 1691 and a Conway tower (also known as Grouville Bay No.1) built 1779–1780. Site also includes the remains of an 18th-century battery and of Le Boulevard de la Rocque. Site has WW2 alterations. [8] Seymour Tower: GR0113 Grade 1 La Grande Route des Sablons Coastal defence tower
View of Portelet Tower during low tide. Portelet Tower, Jersey, is a round tower that the British built in 1808 on the tidal island L'Île au Guerdain in Portelet Bay in the parish of Saint Brélade, Jersey. The site is often referred to as Janvrin's tower or Janvrin's Tomb. The site is accessible at low tide.
The fortified Jersey Round Tower at Le Hocq, was built in the 1780s. [1] Alongside the tower is the Millennium Cross of St. Clement, one of twelve granite wayside crosses erected to mark the millennium in 2000-2001. The headland juts out onto the rocky [2] Le Hocq Beach (a part of St. Clement's Bay). King's Rock, Queen's Rock and Prince's Rock ...
Pages in category "Towers in Jersey" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. ... Coastal fortifications of Jersey; K. Kempt Tower; L. La ...
Victoria Tower is circular and measures 33 ft (10.1 m) in height and 32 ft (9.8 m) in diameter. [2] The tower is the only Martello on Jersey to have a ditch around it. The ditch itself is 12 ft (3.7 m) deep and 10 ft (3.0 m) across. A drawbridge spans the ditch.
La Tour de Vinde (aka Noirmont Tower) is a Martello tower that the British erected between 1808 and 1810 to command the approaches to St Aubin's Bay, Jersey.The tower stands at the foot of the cliffs of Noirmont Point, in the Vingtaine de Noirmont in the Parish of Saint Brélade.