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The tower, built between April and October 1943, is near the top of the steep sloping cliff, and extends no higher than the headland, which means its profile does not protrude into the sky when seen from afar. The visibility of the tower was reduced further using
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In 1950 the States of Jersey purchased the headland at Noirmont as a memorial to all those Jersey people who perished during the occupation. A memorial stone was unveiled at Noirmont on 9 May 1970 to mark the 25th anniversary of Liberation.
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Squadron 34 who died on 9 August 1944 when they attacked a German convoy ferrying guns from Guernsey to Jersey. Fourteen of the men were from PT 509, which rammed a German minesweeper escorting the convoy, and two were from PT503.
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The Marine Peilstand 1 tower, or MP1 tower, was used to observe targets at sea. The round tower is around 16 metres (52 ft) tall, and has four observation floors, each with a wide, and narrow
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Ammunition was stored in Ammunition Bunker VII, and was manually moved from the bunker up to the gun, via a sloping concrete path, to be stowed upright in small bays, just to the rear of the gun.
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Gun no. 3 was positioned on top of a concrete platform. The ammunition bunkers are not in close proximity to this platform, so extra storage bays were built below the platform.
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The towers were to be positioned around the entire coast of Jersey, so that any neighboring pair of towers could work together to pin-point a precise location of a target using
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The lower-floor serves as a living area, and has nine chambers, which include quarters for troops, two rooms for officers, an administration room, a standby room, a room for a
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In 1992, gun no. 1 was recovered and returned to Noirmont Point. The recovery work was completed in March 1998, by placing the cannon back on the gun platform, using a
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To the rear of the platform, there was a barrack hut, an administrative building, and a personnel bunker. Only the bunker remains in 2012. To the east, was a latrine.
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The guns were placed on elevated concrete platforms. Ammunition was stored in nearby bunkers, and was manually transferred from the bunkers, via concrete
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system of coastal fortifications, and most of the concrete structures remain today. The 3rd Battery of Naval Artillery Battalion 604 was stationed here.
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at the end of the headland. Some of the installations and interiors are in a restored state, and can be visited at various times – usually on Sundays.
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The bunker was built between March 1943, and May 1944. It has two floors, one entrance, and an escape shaft. It is constructed of reinforced concrete.
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It is one of three completed direction and range finding towers, of this type, in Jersey. Nine towers were planned, but only towers 1 to 3 were built.
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In 2012, only the arms of the rangefinder are original. They were recovered from the foot of the cliffs, restored and attached to a new turret.
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was placed on the top of the tower for anti-aircraft purposes. In 2012, the gun is no longer present, but its steel support can be seen.
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In 2012, there is no gun at this position. A section of the platform wall is missing, due to demolition when the gun was removed.
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The gun emplacements can be visited at any time, including two partly restored guns, on display, at two of the gun platforms.
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This gun was positioned on top of a walled concrete platform, with one access ramp, and a small room alongside the gun.
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Only a rangefinder is visible in this photo taken in 1940. Photo appears to have been taken before the bunker was built
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who died on 7 December 1942 when they were shot down as they attacked a German convoy off the Point in their
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were installed, on concrete platforms, on either side of the headland. In 2012, only the platforms remain.
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In 1941, this gun was positioned on top of a concrete platform, to the north-east of the command bunker.
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Electrical and communications services for this gun were linked to the command bunker.
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In 2013, the headland site is fully accessible at all times, and there is a public
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This bunker has been restored and operates as a museum during the tourist season.
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Command bunker at Battery Lothringen. The rangefinder (left), and cupolas (right).
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The battery is at the end of Noirmont Point, a rock headland which overlooks
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The command bunker is alongside the MP1 tower. It featured an armored
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is adjacent to the tower. It was sealed and filled in after the
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One of the bunkers has a plaque honouring two pilots of
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Gun no. 4 was positioned on top of a concrete platform.
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A searchlight platform, at Battery Lothringen, in 2012.
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49°10′03″N 2°10′11″W / 49.1675°N 2.1696°W / 49.1675; -2.1696
Organisation Todt
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German occupation of the Channel Islands
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Saint Brélade
Jersey
SMS Lothringen
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Wehrmacht
Occupation of the Channel Islands
Battery Moltke
St. Ouen
St. Aubin's Bay
Elizabeth Castle
Saint Helier

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