L'ouaisne Tower - St. Brelade, Jersey, Channel Islands
Posted by: dtrebilc
N 49° 10.787 W 002° 11.121
30U E 559370 N 5447761
This tower was built around 1780 to defend the island of Jersey against French invasion.
Waymark Code: WMM773
Location: Jersey
Date Posted: 08/03/2014
Views: 3
Jersey is part of the ancient Duchy of Normandy, is situated close to France but is a British Crown Dependency. Over the years France had tried to invade the island and Jersey built a variety of defensive positions.
A nearby information board has the following information.
Ouasine Tower was also known as Le Tour du Hoinet and St. Brelade's
No 1. Although we have no exact date for its construction it would have
been in the 1780s.
During the Napoleonic Wars it
was equipped with one 18 pounder
cannon mounted on its roof.
The original first floor doorway
is intact, but an additional later
doorway on the ground floor has
been blocked and rendered.
Today it is painted red on the
seaward side as a navigation mark.
It is in private ownership.
Although it is not open to the public there is a path above the beach that passes very close to it.