There is a separate listing for St Peter Port Harbour
This peaceful scene looks like it could be somewhere on the west coast, but it isn't -- it is the site of the tram sheds where the buses are stored and 'Ian Brown's' cycle shop is based.
This was No. 1 Tower, hence the name 'First Tower Lane'. On the 2nd July 1905, the tower was blown up and the road widened to help the tram cars navigate the sharp corner between St Peter Port and St Sampson's. The raised ground was also made level with the surounding land.
It looks like there was some quarrying work on Hougue a la Perre before this extensive work was done.
The Guernsey towers are commonly known as Martello, but these predate these by a few years, and should be called Loophole towers named after the openings in the tower which muskets were fired from - a 12- pounder cannon was mounted on their roofs after 1803. This tower was built in 1778 and was one of 15 built on the island. All towers were designed the same with a height of 30ft (9m), an external diameter of 20ft (6m) and an internal diameter of just over 12ft (3.7m).
The incentive to build these towers and other coastal defences was brought about by the French striking an alliance with America In the American War of Independance and the the threat of invasion of the Channel Islands by the French. The towers continued to be manned by Guernsey's militia throughout the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.
Thanks to BBC News and indirectly Helen Glencross of Guernsey Museums for some extra information in this article.
Location: Guernsey
