La Tour de Vinde
La Tour de Vinde is a Martello tower that the British erected between 1808 and 1810 to command the approaches to St Aubin's Bay, Jersey. The tower stands at the foot of the cliffs of Noirmont Point, in the Vingtaine de Noirmont in the Parish of Saint Brélade.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Building
- Description: lighthouse in Jersey
- Also known as: “Noirmont Point Light”, “Noirmont Tower”, and “Tour de Vinde, Jersey”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include La Cotte de St Brelade and Portelet Tower.
La Cotte de St Brelade
Archaeological site
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La Cotte de St Brelade is a Paleolithic site of early habitation in Saint Brélade, Jersey. Cotte means "cave" in Jèrriais. Neanderthals lived there at various times between around 250,000 years ago and after 48,000 years ago—making it the earliest known occupation of the Channel Islands by a hominin species, and also possibly one of the last Neanderthal sites in northwestern Europe. La Cotte de St Brelade is situated 2 km northwest of La Tour de Vinde.
Portelet Tower
Building
Portelet Tower, Jersey, is a round tower that the British built in 1808 on the tidal island L'Île au Guerdain in Portelet Bay in the parish of Saint Brélade, Jersey. Portelet Tower is situated 1 km northwest of La Tour de Vinde.
Saint Aubin’s Fort
Castle
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Saint Aubin’s Fort is a castle, which is situated 2 km north of La Tour de Vinde.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Saint Aubin and L’Ouziere.
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 2½ km north of La Tour de Vinde.
L’Ouziere
Locality
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L’Ouziere is a locality, which is situated 7 km northwest of La Tour de Vinde.
Le Hocq
Locality
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Le Hocq is an area in the parish of St. Clement, in the south-east of Jersey, Channel Islands. Le Hocq is a Jèrriais name, and means 'the headland' or 'the cape' in English. Le Hocq is situated 8 km east of La Tour de Vinde.
La Tour de Vinde
- Categories: lighthouse, Martello tower, and historic site
- Location: Jersey, Channel Islands, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
49.16522° or 49° 9′ 55″ northLongitude
-2.168° or 2° 10′ 5″ westInception
1810Height
10 metres (33 feet)Open location code
8CXV5R8J+3ROpenStreetMap ID
way 177650031OpenStreetMap feature
building=towerOpenStreetMap feature
historic=martello_towerWikidata ID
Q16931763
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In Other Languages
“La Tour de Vinde” goes by many names.
- French: “tour de Vinde”
- French: “Tour de Vinde”
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Highlights include Noirmont Point and Île Percée.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “La Tour de Vinde”. Photo: Andy Hawkins, CC BY-SA 2.0.