Bréhon Tower
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br-hon-tower-244-17833200
title:
Bréhon Tower
text:
The Bréhon Tower is accessible only by boat and sits on Bréhon Rock, an island in the Little Russell channel about 1.5 km northeast of St Peter Port, Guernsey, between the port and the islands of Herm and Jethou. Thomas Charles de Putron (1806–1869) built the oval tower of granite from Herm, completing the work in 1857. Although not strictly a Martello tower, Bréhon represents the final evolution of the basic design of the Martello tower. In 1914 the War Office transferred ownership of Bréhon To
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
19th-century Guernsey gun tower
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Br%C3%A9hon_Tower
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date modified:
2023-09-12T22:47:38Z
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13
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