Starting the wqlk from the house our first location of interest was the quarry, which distributes water all around the island. Opposite the quarry on the beach front we noticed a gun point situated in the rocks. It has been made out of concrete and rock to blend in with the natural rock. To the right of the beach front a fort has been built under the instructions of Queen Victoria.
Our next area of interest was the main camp for jewish prisoners which have the main gate posts still intact. (142) Interstingly the owners of the house have put a matching set of posts up, not knowing why the first set were in the first place.
An area that wasn't alocated in the map that we have explored was the German 10.5cm K331 (f) and machine gun bunker for beach defence. From this angle you can see the fort that is previously mentioned.
The second gun bunker was the German 7.5 Pak 40 that has a visible concrete marknthat enabled them to move the large machine gun.
The Victorian Caponier has two loopholes to enable younto see across the bay east and south, it was also used for flank firing.
Another bunker, on top of the previous would have held the Geman 60cm searchlight sheltrt with the crewroom/generating bunker. It has a room to be kept in to protect frkm the weather and again it has the view from the east tothe west of the bay.
We passed Fort Tourgis an abandoned Victorian fort that was used to hold prisoners during World War Two. It has been abanded for years and has an eerie feel to it. There is a white painted cone shaped structure after Fort Tourgis. We are unsure of what this is or what it is useed for.
We passed a very old rock, the Neolithic Dolmen rock. The french translation is La Roc à l'Epine. We also passed a Vicorian Fort, Fort Clonque that can only be accessed when there is a low tide.
On our way to the gun battery we passed what we believe to be as another bunker, there were two access points but had iron bars to keep us out. . The battery itslef was rather large and covered in a type of camofladged cincrete. Although still visible to us standing, when yiu wakk away from it, it hides in the grass. If the path had not been there, we would have missed it. There is access points to go under and it is visible to see through holes jn the concrete. On the second battery there is a metal ladder leading underneath but it is garded by iron bars. There is also another access point, a ramp that goes underneqth. It is barely noticable ciered in shrubs and grass but it is possiboe to see thqt there is a wall on each side leading down underneath.
For the amount of constructiin that has been built by those who were either forced (slave labour) or volunteered the island never went inti combat. Alied invation 1994.
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