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Amazing historical place and great tour

19th Century Fort built as part of the network to protect the island against invasion by the French. Later used by the Germans during the Second World War who installed coastal defence guns and anti-aircraft guns. About a mile offshore you can see the Platte Forgere lighthouse. Entrance is free.

Trinity House is a charity dedicated to safeguarding shipping and seafarers and maintaining lighthouses. The cottages above Portelet were used to house the lighthouse keepers’ families.

The families of the lighthouse keepers were able to communicate with them by sending signals from this lookout rock to the Hanois lighthouse. The mast and rigging were erected in 2012 to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II.

The Hanois lighthouse is built from Cornish granite blocks which were dovetailed both horizontally and vertically for strength. The workmen prepared the blocks in St. Peter Port and sailed them round to the Hanois reef by barge where they were assembled. It was the first lighthouse to be built this way and it became the standard pattern for all British built sea towers.

There has been a fort here since 1680. The gun platform was extended in the 18th Century and today there are three 18 pounder canons pointing out to sea. The paved slipways nearby were built to enable local farmers to collect seaweed (vraic) and dry it for use as fertiliser or fuel for open fires. Pezeries means ‘fish-drying site’ so presumably seaweed was not the only thing they dried out here.

There has been a fort on this spot since 1680. The gun platform was extended in the 18th Century. Today there are are three 18 pounder canons there pointing out to sea. The granite paved slipways nearby were built to enable local farmers to collect and dry seaweed (vraic) which they used as fertiliser and fuel. Les Pezeries means fish-drying site so seaweed wasn’t the only thing dried here.

Designed by John Wilson who also designed town market square, St. James and Elizabeth College in St. Peter Port. It has the tallest steeple in Guernsey and is used as a sea mark by sailers.