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.
References
Buildings and structures in Alderney
Fortifications in Guernsey
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