WV6455 : La Crete Fort
La Crete Fort
Guns were here in 1813 during the Napoleonic wars and in 1834 it was improved with a guardhouse and new magazine.
It was manned by one officer and 32 other ranks.
In 1848 it housed six 32-pounder cannon, but with the cessation of Anglo-French tensions it lost its military importance.
During the German occupation it housed a 3.7 cm PAK anti-tank gun, one heavy machine gun, two light machine guns, a mortar and a 30cm searchlight manned by three NCOs and 17 other ranks.
Today it is used as holiday accommodation.
It was manned by one officer and 32 other ranks.
In 1848 it housed six 32-pounder cannon, but with the cessation of Anglo-French tensions it lost its military importance.
During the German occupation it housed a 3.7 cm PAK anti-tank gun, one heavy machine gun, two light machine guns, a mortar and a 30cm searchlight manned by three NCOs and 17 other ranks.
Today it is used as holiday accommodation.
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year taken
2009
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- Grid Square
- WV6455, 12 images (more nearby)
- Photographer
- Bob Embleton (find more nearby)
- Image classification
- Geograph
- Date Taken
- Monday, 17 August, 2009 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Thursday, 13 May, 2010
- Category
- fort (more nearby)
- Subject Location
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MGRS:
WV 6464 5580 [10m precision]
WGS84: 49:15.0932N 2:6.7055W - Photographer Location
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MGRS: WV 6464 5577
- View Direction
- North-northeast (about 22 degrees)
