L'Ancresse
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L'Ancresse is an area in the Vale, Guernsey, comprising a common and several beaches covering 737 Vergées.
L'Ancresse Bay
La Varde
Loophole towers, L'Ancresse
Vale Castle, Guernsey
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Vale Castle, is a protected building located in the Vale, Guernsey. The original name was "Le Château St Michel", later it became "Château de Val" or "Château de Valle" and is over 1,000 years old. It
L'Ancresse
…was undertaken on the common for centuries by the Guernsey Militia, limited defences were built, the main defence for the north of the island being the Vale Castle The threat of invasion from France resulted in the construction of seven Guernsey loophole towers at L’Ancresse, numbered 4 to 10, the towers originally…
Vale Castle curtain wall and gateway
Vale Castle 15th-century gatehouse
German mortar pit
Burial ground Vale Castle