Latest Images by Peter http://www.geograph.org.gg/ 2026-06-11T17:37:04GMT text/html 2010-12-21T18:01:19GMT http://www.geograph.org.gg/profile/55785 Peter 49.714684 -2.181855 http://www.geograph.org.gg/photo/662 Channel Islands. Rousset Island in distance Typical of the natural, uncultivated coastal landscape on the SW of the Island. text/html 2010-12-21T17:36:30GMT http://www.geograph.org.gg/profile/55785 Peter 49.705858 -2.206136 http://www.geograph.org.gg/photo/661 Channel Islands. So called as (with a little imagination) it is shaped like a young woman holding a child on her right hip and the setting sun reveals the faint trace of a face. Nothing seems to be known of its origin: an old gate post, a small monolith, a boundary marker? The stone was erected in this position in 1960. text/html 2010-12-21T17:09:54GMT http://www.geograph.org.gg/profile/55785 Peter 49.718903 -2.168050 http://www.geograph.org.gg/photo/660 Alderney, Channel Islands. Fort Raz is accessed by a causeway which is covered at high tide. It had a number of guns on it to protect Fort Essex. The Germans used it quite extensively and fortified it in WWII. More recently it has been used as a private residence and a restaurant. text/html 2010-12-20T21:39:55GMT http://www.geograph.org.gg/profile/55785 Peter 49.720564 -2.212555 http://www.geograph.org.gg/photo/659 Channel Islands. Fort Platte Saline in foreground. Fort Tourgis was built in the 1840s and housed an artillery regiment which manned 16 heavy, coastal defence guns. text/html 2010-12-17T11:42:24GMT http://www.geograph.org.gg/profile/55785 Peter 49.717700 -2.175839 http://www.geograph.org.gg/photo/658 Essex Castle was built in the mid 1500s as part of fortification works put in hand by Henry VIII. It is named after the Earl of Essex, who purchased the governorship of Alderney in 1591. Parts of the castle have been converted to residential accommodation. text/html 2010-12-11T22:35:30GMT http://www.geograph.org.gg/profile/55785 Peter 49.731363 -2.162148 http://www.geograph.org.gg/photo/657 Alderney, Channel Islands. Alderney is surrounded by forts built in 18th and 19th centuries, as a protection from invasion from France, the mainland of which is only about 7 miles distant. The forts were added and strengthened by the German occupying force in World War II. text/html 2010-12-11T22:27:03GMT http://www.geograph.org.gg/profile/55785 Peter 49.729221 -2.164405 http://www.geograph.org.gg/photo/656 Alderney, Channel Islands. THis is still a functioning lighthouse compleete with foghorn. text/html 2010-12-11T22:15:24GMT http://www.geograph.org.gg/profile/55785 Peter 49.700656 -2.221475 http://www.geograph.org.gg/photo/655 Alderney, Channel Islands text/html 2010-12-11T22:04:44GMT http://www.geograph.org.gg/profile/55785 Peter 49.703180 -2.211713 http://www.geograph.org.gg/photo/654 Alderney, Channel Islands. This is a very rare flower in the UK, only known to grow in one place outside the Channel Islands. text/html 2010-12-11T17:15:00GMT http://www.geograph.org.gg/profile/55785 Peter 49.717791 -2.175976 http://www.geograph.org.gg/photo/653 Alderney, Channel Islands text/html 2010-12-10T22:47:50GMT http://www.geograph.org.gg/profile/55785 Peter 49.717443 -2.230085 http://www.geograph.org.gg/photo/652 Alderney, Channel Islands. Originally a 19th century fort for defence against the French, with World War II additions by the occupying German forces. text/html 2010-12-10T18:21:52GMT http://www.geograph.org.gg/profile/55785 Peter 49.708357 -2.216359 http://www.geograph.org.gg/photo/651 Alderney, Channel Islands text/html 2010-12-10T18:07:53GMT http://www.geograph.org.gg/profile/55785 Peter 49.699363 -2.216503 http://www.geograph.org.gg/photo/650 Alderney, Channel Islands. Cotentin (France) coast on horizon text/html 2010-12-10T17:54:37GMT http://www.geograph.org.gg/profile/55785 Peter 49.708450 -2.230227 http://www.geograph.org.gg/photo/649 Alderney, Channel Islands. text/html 2010-12-10T17:38:34GMT http://www.geograph.org.gg/profile/55785 Peter 49.717256 -2.202343 http://www.geograph.org.gg/photo/648 Channel Islands. This grand church, designed by Gilbert Scott in 1850s, replaced an original medieval church. WA573073