Icho Tower
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mikecart
N 49° 08.540 W 002° 02.540
30U E 569845 N 5443719
In 1781 the French invaded Jersey and were defeated at the Battle of Jersey, the Governor of Jersey, Henry Seymour Conway embarked on a project to build coastal defences to better protect the island.
Waymark Code: WMA45F
Location: Jersey
Date Posted: 11/14/2010
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Before Conway’s death in 1795 most of the towers were complete.
Icho Tower was built in 1811 and provides a stunning vista of the south coast of Jersey, and on a clear day you can see
the Minquiers in the distance.
Bronze age remains have also been found on this site.
This tower is located a mile and a quarter offshore in a
RAMSAR designated area. It is only possible to visit on foot during the very lowest equinox or spring tides (this inter-tidal area experiences one of the most extreme tidal ranges in the world).
As with
Seymour Tower, for safety reasons the walk to this tower should only be conducted with a suitably qualified local guide such as the following:
Jersey Walk Adventures
Like Seymour Tower this tower was garrisoned during the WWII occupation, and there is a (likely apocryphal) rumour that this tower was the last outpost in Europe to be 'liberated' in 1945 due to its inaccessibility.