Location map of Les Casquets18th century Alderney map, showing details of Les Casquets in the west
Les Casquets or (The) Casquets (/kæsˈkɛts/kas-KETS) is a group of rocks eight miles (13 km) northwest of Alderney in the Channel Islands; they are administered by the Bailiwick of Guernsey. The rocks are part of an underwater sandstone ridge. Other parts which emerge above the water are the islets of Burhou and Ortac. Little vegetation grows on them.
LesCasquets or (The) Casquets (/kæsˈkɛts/ kas-KETS) is a group of rocks eight miles (13 km) northwest of Alderney in the Channel Islands; they are administered...
exclave or "colony" of speakers on LesCasquets for a number of years. Algernon Charles Swinburne based his poem "LesCasquets" on the Houguez family who actually...
Casquets Lighthouse is an active lighthouse located on the rocky LesCasquets, Alderney, Channel Islands. Originally the lighthouse was one of three lighthouses...
cut down in the 17th century to fuel the lighthouses on Alderney and the Casquets. Those trees that remain include cabbage trees (due to the mild climate...
Bailiwick of Guernsey for a complete list of their smaller islands. LesCasquets or (The) Casquets (/kæsˈkɛts/ kas-KETS); is a group of rocks 13 km west of Alderney...
Operation Dryad was a raid on the Casquets lighthouse in the Channel Islands by British Commandos during World War II. The Commandos captured the lighthouse...
Burhou Ortac LesCasquets Houmet des Pies Île de Raz L'Étac de la Quoire Houmet de Clonque Sark together with: Brecqhou (Brechou) Le Nesté Les Burons Baleine...
formerly knew it as "the Eagle's Nest". Ortac and Alderney, along with the Casquets, are part of the same sandstone ridge. Paul Naftel, a Guernsey artist,...
they wrote back saying a lighthouse was not necessary as the lights on LesCasquets and at Portland were sufficient and a new lighthouse would be confusing...
forced conscription in Luxembourg. September 2 – WWII: The island of LesCasquets in the Channel Islands is raided by the forerunner of the British SAS...
Sark Herm Jethou Brecqhou (Brechou) Lihou Burhou Casquets Jersey Minquiers Écréhous Les Dirouilles Les Pierres de Lecq (the Paternosters) Grande-Île Parishes...
the English Channel with the loss of 80 people after wrecking against LesCasquets, a group of rocks near the Channel Islands. March 31 The United Kingdom...
records of when it died out. Other islands such as Brecqhou, Jethou, lesCasquets and Burhou were too small to support real communities. The Deaf community...
: 84 Fort Corblets – Thirteen guns in four batteries manned by 59 men. Fort Les Hommeaux Florains – on a small Island with five guns. Fort Quesnard – seven...
the Casquets in Book II, Chapter XI in the first part, where the author contrasts three types of beacon or lighthouse ('Le phare des Casquets' and 'Le phare...
38-gun fourth rate frigate of the British Royal Navy, is wrecked on LesCasquets rocks to the west of Alderney. March 30 – Anne, Queen of Great Britain...
Corbet family of the Channel Islands. The Little Swinge is between Burhou and Les Nannels. The Race is the strait on the other side of Alderney. Alderney Place...
(registration: N264DB) disappeared from radar screens and crashed near LesCasquets, 8 miles north-west of Alderney. Argentinian footballer Emiliano Sala...
38-gun fourth rate frigate of the British Royal Navy, is wrecked on LesCasquets rocks to the west of Alderney. March 30 – Anne, Queen of Great Britain...
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