Fort Clonque
Fort Clonque is a 19th-century coastal fortress in Alderney, in the Bailiwick of Guernsey in the Channel Islands built on a rocky outcrop of land joined to the island by a causeway that can be submerged at high tide.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Ryan Alexander, CC BY 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Alderney Airport and Fort Tourgis.
Alderney Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Gene Selkov, CC BY 2.0.
Alderney Airport is the only airport on the island of Alderney, Guernsey. Built in 1935, Alderney Airport was the first airport in the Channel Islands.
Fort Tourgis
Castle
Photo: TheOnlyMoxey, CC BY 2.0.
Fort Tourgis is an extensive fortification in Alderney to the north west of St Anne forming part of the Fortifications of Alderney inside the Bailiwick of Guernsey. Fort Tourgis is situated 1¼ km northeast of Fort Clonque.
Alderney Society Museum
Museum
Alderney Society Museum is the only museum in Alderney in the Channel Islands. Located in the Old School House on the High Street in central St Anne, the museum is run and funded by the Alderney Society as one of its many projects. Alderney Society Museum is situated 2 km east of Fort Clonque.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Saint Anne.
Saint Anne
Town
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Saint Anne is the main town of Alderney in the Channel Islands.
Fort Clonque
- Type: Castle
- Description: fort in Alderney
- Categories: fort, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Guernsey, Channel Islands, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
49.7136° or 49° 42′ 49″ northLongitude
-2.23274° or 2° 13′ 58″ westElevation
4 metres (13 feet)Inception
1855Open location code
8CXVPQ78+CWOpenStreetMap ID
way 109101331OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleGeoNames ID
6609686Wikidata ID
Q3077808
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to German—“Fort Clonque” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Fort Clonque”
- Egyptian Arabic: “حصن كلونك”
- French: “fort Clonque”
- French: “Fort Clonque”
- German: “Fort Clonque”
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