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.

The tower supported a battery of three 24-pounder cannons that stood on a paved surface in front of it.

The tower and battery played a role in the repelling in 1779 of the Prince of Nassau's attempt to land a force at the Franco-Dutch Invasion of Jersey.

[1] Today the structure is painted white and black on the seaward side to serve as a daymark for sailors.

[2] Accommodation is extremely basic as the site has no utilities whatsoever.