Fort Grey
Fort Grey, colloquially known as the "cup and saucer", is a Martello tower located on a rock in Rocquaine Bay on the west coast of Guernsey. The French called the rock upon which the tower was built the Chateau de Rocquaine (Castle of Rocquaine). It was said to be the site of local witches' Sabbaths at one time.
The existing fort, with it's white tower was originally built as a defence by the British in 1804 during the Napoleonic Wars, it was named after Charles Grey, 1st Earl Grey, who was Governor of Guernsey from 1797 to 1807.[1][2]
It was sold by the War Office in London to the States of Guernsey in 1891 for £185, and was last occupied as a fort by the Germans when they invaded the Channel Islands during the Second World War.[3]
More recently it has been adapted for other more peaceful uses and now operates as a local shipwreck museum, housing a number of items of marine salvage from famous wrecks, including the MV Prosperity and Elwood Mead.
[edit] External links
- Fort Grey, Museums, Guernsey
- [1] Governors of Guernsey
- [2] History of St. Pierre du Bois by Marie de Garis 1995
Coordinates: 49°26′N 2°39′W / 49.433°N 2.65°W
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Guernsey.html
- ^ http://www.museum.guernsey.net/download/Marie%20de%20Garis%20parish%20history%20extracts%20-%20SPDB.pdf
- ^ http://www.museum.guernsey.net/download/Marie%20de%20Garis%20parish%20history%20extracts%20-%20SPDB.pdf
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