Fort Hommet (or Fort Houmet) is a fortification on Vazon Bay headland (or houmet in Guernésiais) in Castel, Guernsey. It is built on the site of fortifications that date back to 1680 and consists of a Martello tower from 1804, later additions during the Victorian Era, and bunkers and casemates that the Germans constructed during World War II.[1]
FortHommet (or Fort Houmet) is a fortification on Vazon Bay headland (or houmet in Guernésiais) in Castel, Guernsey. It is built on the site of fortifications...
fired in case of invasion. The Fort Grey tower, like the other two Guernsey Martello towers, Fort Saumarez and FortHommet, was intended as a keep for the...
bypassing the Ordnance Corps. The Fort Saumarez tower, like the other two Guernsey Martello towers, Fort Grey and FortHommet, was intended as a keep for the...
(Strongpoint) (SP) areas in Guernsey,: 99 such as Stützpunkt Rotenstein at FortHommet which comprised: 4x10.5 cm casemates, 2x 60 cm searchlights, an MG bunker...
in the Channel Islands in the 1940s German Fortifications in Jersey FortHommet 10.5 cm Coastal Defence Gun Casement Bunker Henri Gonay, Belgian airman...
three similar Martello towers in Guernsey, all built in 1804: Fort Grey, FortHommet and Fort Saumarez. In addition, there are a number of earlier towers...
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island) Ruette Brayes (leads to St Martin's and the south of the island) Fort Road (leads to St Martin's) The following coastal roads (listed from north...
and workmen to complete the castle of St. Michael and to erect such other forts as were deemed necessary. Around the middle of the eleventh century, Guernsey...
Lorient Ra230 Fort de la Cite d'Aleth, Saint-Malo Germany - 32 B-Werke of the Westwall - 32 Guernsey - 4 Chouet (Stützpunkt Krahennest) FortHommet (Stützpunkt...
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