Fort Houmet Herbé (Channel Islands) -- August 2018

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Fort Houmet Herbé was built in 1854. It mounted 10 guns of various sizes, and was manned by 61 soldiers. This is one of three Victorian forts on the island that were not modified for use by the Germans.
It's name roughly translates to "Grassy Islet"

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Fireplace Details:

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Video:

 
Very well done as with your post of the barracks. How many gun enplacements were there? You photographed three or did you take three photos of the same emplacement?
 
Very well done as with your post of the barracks. How many gun enplacements were there? You photographed three or did you take three photos of the same emplacement?

There were four gun emplacements left, but they all looked very similar.
Here are a few more photos of them:

29473811347_f2d1d34056_b.jpg_DSC0148 by jono372, on Flickr

29473807287_6765fe39d3_b.jpg_DSC0149 by jono372, on Flickr

42602395910_6fe39a9d17_b.jpg_DSC0143 by jono372, on Flickr
 

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