WV5547 : Observation Tower
Observation Tower
On the headland at La Corbière is an observation tower, one of three built during the German Occupation of Jersey in the Second World War. Their purpose was to direct artillery fire against targets out to sea. The tower was used until 2004 by Jersey Radio as marine radio for shipping. Now it is has three bedrooms and is available as a holiday let.
![Creative Commons Licence [Some Rights Reserved]](http://s0.geograph.org.gg/img/somerights20.gif)
year taken
2010
| Find out how to reuse this Image For example on your webpage, blog, a forum, or Wikipedia. | |||||
 |
Suggest an Update to this Image |  |
Contact the contributor | ||
- Grid Square
- WV5547, 31 images (more nearby)
- Photographer
- Gerald England (find more nearby)
- Image classification
- Geograph
- Date Taken
- Friday, 8 October, 2010 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Tuesday, 16 November, 2010
- Category
- Tower (more nearby)
- Subject Location
-
MGRS:
WV 5532 4770 [10m precision]
WGS84: 49:10.7767N 2:14.4559W - Photographer Location
-
MGRS: WV 5535 4785
- View Direction
- South-southwest (about 202 degrees)
