Fort Doyle, also called Doyle’s Battery, is a Victorian-era coastal defence fort in

Alderney Alderney ( ; ; ) is the northernmost of the inhabited Channel Islands. It is part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, a British Crown Dependencies, Crown dependency. It is long and wide. The island's area is , making it the third-largest isla ...

. The fort also has German

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, artillery positions and other defences from the

German occupation of the Channel Islands The military occupation of the Channel Islands by Nazi Germany lasted for most of the Second World War, from 30 June 1940 until liberation on 9 May 1945. The Bailiwick of Jersey and Bailiwick of Guernsey are British Crown dependencies in the ...

.Alderney Society Museum
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# Fort Doyle. (n.d.). https://www.alderneymuseum.org/fort-doyle Buildings and structures in Alderney Fortifications in Guernsey {{fort-stub