WV5456 : Gros Nez Castle natural defences
Gros Nez Castle natural defences
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.
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.
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year taken
2009
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- WV5456, 13 images (more nearby)
- Photographer
- Bob Embleton (find more nearby)
- Image classification
- Geograph
- Date Taken
- Thursday, 20 August, 2009 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Tuesday, 25 May, 2010
- Category
- castle (more nearby)
- Subject Location
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MGRS:
WV 5487 5630 [10m precision]
WGS84: 49:15.4203N 2:14.7558W - Photographer Location
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MGRS: WV 5470 5617
- View Direction
- Northeast (about 45 degrees)
