St Aubin's Fort in the Moonlight - a photo on Flickriver

            St Aubin's Fort was developed on a rocky islet off the coast at the western end of St Aubin's Bay in Jersey.

Ships unloading their cargo into carts on the beach at St Aubin were vulnerable to attack by pirates coming into the bay. This was a particular problem in the 16th century, when pirate vessels from Brittany and Belgium roamed the Channel and sailed into island waters looking for easy prey. A bulwark (earth work) with two guns was constructed on shore, giving the area the name, Bulwarks, it still has today, and then a tower was constructed on the offshore rocky islet to house four more gunners.

A century later, in the English Civil War, the Parliamentarians turned it into a stronger fortress, by building a bulwark on it, and when the Royalists regained possession they replaced this with granite ramparts and added a storey to the tower. In the 18th century, and again in the 19th, the fort was rebuilt twice, but in peaceful Victorian times it was let as a summer residence. In the Second World War the Germans strengthened the fort with turret guns and concrete casemates.

This description incorporates text from Jerripedia, a website dedicated to the history of Jersey.

Taken in: Jersey / Lower Blanc Pignon (show map)

Taken on: July 12, 2022

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Camera: Nikon D750, f/7.1, 105 sec, 120mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

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