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2024-03-29T09:45:33GMTtext/html2010-05-27T19:14:01GMThttp://www.geograph.org.je/profile/125Bob Embleton49.166622 -2.170209WV6046 : Observation tower, Noirmont Point
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MP1 Naval direction and range finding position.
The massive 16 metre high tower was built between April and October 1943 requiring an estimated 5,000 bags of cement.
A 2cm anti aircraft gun was fitted on the roof.
One of only three that were built out of 9 planned around Jersey.
It was thought that any two towers seeing a target could report their bearings from which the range could be determined, but was found difficult to use with multiple moving targets.
The 6 metre stereoscopic range finder (seen located behind the tower) worked on its own without communication delay problems.text/html2010-05-27T18:56:21GMThttp://www.geograph.org.je/profile/125Bob Embleton49.167871 -2.168816WV6046 : Gun emplacement, Noir Mont
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A recovered German 15cm coastal artillery gun.
Overlooking St. Aubin's Bay and St Helier in the distance,text/html2010-05-27T18:38:51GMThttp://www.geograph.org.je/profile/125Bob Embleton49.166888 -2.169793WV6046 : Armoured range finder, Noirmont Point
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A German Occupation 6 metre wide stereoscopic range finder.
After the war the arms of the range finder were thrown over the cliffs but were recovered in 1996 and the recreated device re-installed in 1997.text/html2010-05-27T08:23:14GMThttp://www.geograph.org.je/profile/125Bob Embleton49.240119 -2.249897WV5454 : Strongpoint L' Etacquerel
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A massive concrete German bunker built by the Todt Organisation using slave and forced labour now in use as a fish market overlooking Le Pulec Bay.text/html2010-05-27T07:45:41GMThttp://www.geograph.org.je/profile/125Bob Embleton49.252441 -2.249573WV5455 : Long range shooting range, Les Landes
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The target area and rear bank of the Jersey Rifle Association 900 and 1,000 yard ranges.
The Jersey Rifle Association was formed on 20 July 1861.
The MP3 German Occupation observation tower is in the background.text/html2010-05-26T18:44:19GMThttp://www.geograph.org.je/profile/125Bob Embleton49.241470 -2.250151WV5454 : Le Grand Etacquerel
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The headland and wide foreshore viewed from near the German Moltke Battery gun emplacement.text/html2010-05-26T18:02:35GMThttp://www.geograph.org.je/profile/125Bob Embleton49.244247 -2.248323WV5454 : Moltke Battery, Les Landes
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text/html2010-05-26T12:23:00GMThttp://www.geograph.org.je/profile/125Bob Embleton49.257097 -2.246204WV5456 : Grosnez Castle
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Built around 1330 making use of the natural defences of the cliffs.
On the landward side the gatehouse was protected by two strong towers.
All that now remains is the arch and the bases of the walls.text/html2010-05-26T12:13:12GMThttp://www.geograph.org.je/profile/125Bob Embleton49.253149 -2.247775WV5455 : Les Landes racecourse
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Built in 1961, the racecourse hosts nine race meetings during the summer.
There is a modern viewing bank at Les Landes with on-course bookies and the club run Tote.
http://www.jerseyracing.co.uk/index.htmltext/html2010-05-26T12:00:48GMThttp://www.geograph.org.je/profile/125Bob Embleton49.250838 -2.252070WV5455 : MP3 Observation tower
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This was fitted with a Freya radar on the summit.
After the famous Bruneval raid on a radar site this tower was protected by two Anti-aircraft battery's.text/html2010-05-25T19:19:46GMThttp://www.geograph.org.je/profile/125Bob Embleton49.257369 -2.246612WV5456 : Approaching Gros Nez Castle
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The entrance archway is the main remaining structure.
The castle was probably demolished by the French Occupation forces between 1461 and 1468.
In the foreground is what appears to be a War Dept. boundary stone.text/html2010-05-25T18:45:12GMThttp://www.geograph.org.je/profile/125Bob Embleton49.258717 -2.246454WV5456 : Grosnez Point
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The Grosnez Point Light is also known as ARLHS JER-004 on the Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society database.text/html2010-05-25T15:30:57GMThttp://www.geograph.org.je/profile/125Bob Embleton49.257005 -2.245930WV5456 : Gros Nez Castle natural defences
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Thought to have been built by Sir John des Roches in about 1330.
It used the natural defences of the steep cliffs for three sides and a ditch with along the landward side where the locally quarried granite walls were thickest.text/html2010-05-25T15:18:54GMThttp://www.geograph.org.je/profile/125Bob Embleton49.255948 -2.249382WV5456 : Cliffs near Gros Nez
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Viewed from the coastal path from Les Landes observation tower to Gros Nez castle.text/html2010-05-25T13:51:23GMThttp://www.geograph.org.je/profile/125Bob Embleton49.250750 -2.252346WV5455 : Les Landes Observation Tower
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The third of three direction and range-finding towers built on the Jersey coast,
out of a planned total of nine.
MP3 mounted a huge radar aerial of the Freya type on its roof.