La Tour Cârrée
La Tour Cârrée, or The Square Tower, on Jersey, is not a tower but rather is a fortified guardhouse and magazine in the style of a blockhouse with loopholes for musketry.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kempt Tower and Saint Ouen’s Church.
Kempt Tower
Tower
Photo: Acad Ronin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kempt Tower, in La Grande Cueillette, Saint Ouen, Jersey, is also known as Saint Ouen No. 2 and La Grôsse Tou in Jèrriais, and is a Martello tower that the British completed in 1834. Kempt Tower is situated 470 metres north of La Tour Cârrée.
Saint Ouen’s Church
Church
Photo: Man vyi, Public domain.
Saint Ouen’s Church is situated 1½ km northeast of La Tour Cârrée.
Lewis Tower
Tower
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lewis Tower is a Martello tower in St Ouen's Bay on the island of Jersey. It was erected by the British in 1835, and is named after Colonel Griffith Lewis, who commanded the Royal Engineers in Jersey from December 1830 to January 1836. Lewis Tower is situated 1½ km northwest of La Tour Cârrée.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include L’Ouziere and Saint Aubin.
Saint Aubin
Village
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St. Aubin is a town and port in La Vingtaine du Coin, St. Brelade in Jersey, the largest of the Channel Islands. It is located on the western end of St. Saint Aubin is situated 5 km southeast of La Tour Cârrée.
Ronez Point
Locality
Photo: Pymouss, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ronez Point is a locality, which is situated 7 km northeast of La Tour Cârrée.
La Tour Cârrée
- Type: Building
- Also known as: “La Tour Carré” and “Square Fort”
- Category: architectural structure
- Location: Jersey, Channel Islands, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
49.217° or 49° 13′ 1″ northLongitude
-2.2264° or 2° 13′ 35″ westElevation
7 metres (23 feet)Open location code
8CXV6Q8F+QCOpenStreetMap ID
way 167177039OpenStreetMap feature
building=guardhouse
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In Other Languages
“La Tour Cârrée” goes by many names.
- French: “La Tour Cârrée”
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