Verne Citadel

[1][2][3] Naturally inaccessible from the north and east, the south and west sides were protected by the digging of a large ditch.

[5] The citadel was designed with open gun emplacements on the north, east and west sides.

[1] During World War II, a Chain Home Low Radar set was installed within the citadel, and the main magazine became a hospital.

[11][12][13] The railings at the approach to the north entrance form part of the original construction and are Grade II Listed.

[20][21] The Verne High Angle Battery was built in 1892, approximately 150 metres south of the citadel's southern entrance, as part of Britain's Coastal Defences.

The moat
The battery at the southern entrance of the Verne