The chapel was built around 1390 and is one of only two known sites with surviving medieval wall paintings in Guernsey. An ecumenical church service is held in the chapel each week. stood guard over the western approaches to the Braye du Valle which once separated the Clos du Valle from the rest of Guernsey. In 1816 the battery had three 24
The Clarence Battery steps were swept away in a landslip four years ago after heavy rainfall. work will pick up on the concrete steps before a stainless steel handrail is added to replace the collapsed wall. Advertise with us Making a
Festung Guernsey (Fortress Guernsey) (sarre 7gg8), the German military record of the majority of their installations during WWII, shows details of Batterie Strassberg on Jerbourg heights but makes no mention of the old battery site
Many of the structures in the battery are unique among the Atlantic Wall defences. The site was often recorded in photographs and diaries from during the war, with records held in France, Germany and Guernsey
The largest of the coastal batteries constructed throughout the islands was "Mirus" in Guernsey. Taking its name from an eminent German naval artillery officer who was killed on a local inspection tour in November 1941, built by the
Work to restore the Clarence Battery steps, which began in February, has been completed three weeks ahead of schedule. The steps were swept away in a landslip in 2020 after heavy rainfall, and extensive
The mess was constructed in 1943 and forms part of the Mirus Battery – the largest battery built in the Channel Islands, which was used during the war to house naval guns. There is no similar structure in Guernsey or Jersey and the battery is one of the few remaining coastal batteries in the Atlantic Wall.
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Explore the labyrinthine of once-secret corridors and rooms at Batterie Mirus, a hidden gem of military history which has recently undergone restoration work by Festung Guernsey. Spread over an area of approximately 1km x 0.75km, Batterie Mirus was the largest battery built in the Channel Islands during the Second World War and originally
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Of the eleven artillery batteries on Guernsey, the largest was located in Batterie Mirus, comprising four 30.5 cm guns which had a range of 51 kilometres (32 mi). Camouflage was used in defensive works by German engineers, as were burying or part burying structures to escape aerial observation and attack.
The German Festung Guernsey book recorded 616,000m³ of concrete used in Guernsey, almost 10% of the concrete used in the Atlantic Wall. Of the eleven artillery batteries on Guernsey, the largest was located in Batterie Mirus, comprising four 30.5 cm guns which had a range of 51 kilometres (32 mi).
The battery was constructed from November 1941 and through the first half of 1942, and was the largest battery in the Channel Islands, the guns having a maximum range of 51 km. Although the guns were removed in the early 1950s, the reinforced concrete structures and associated positions remain intact.
The island of Guernsey has been fortified for several thousand years, the number of defence locations and complexity of the defence increasing with time, manpower and the improvements in weapons and tactics.
Festung Guernsey (fortress Guernsey). Whether the Islands were impregnable was never tested, except for Battery Blücher in Alderney. Alderney was considered too well-protected against aircraft attack so HMS Rodney had the mission of shelling it. Rodney fired seventy-two 16-inch shells.
Guernsey had to pay for the German troops, providing them with and paying for their food, accommodation and transport. : 89 319 ID provided the bulk of troops for the whole of the Channel Islands, it became the largest division in the German army.
