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Fort Grosnez is a fort on the Island of
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 ...
, to the west of Braye Bay. With Mt. Hale Battery and Fort Albert across the bay, Fort Grosnez protects the main harbor of Alderney, and the -long breakwater. In 1893, all the other forts on Alderney were disarmed except for Fort Albert and Fort Grosnez, which retained 2 guns for the militia’s practice.


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Buildings and structures in Alderney Fortifications in Guernsey {{fort-stub