Archirondel Tower Jersey by BessieB
Close
Hover over top left image to zoom.
Click anywhere to exit.
Members remain the original copyright holder in all their materials here at Renderosity. Use of any of their material inconsistent with the terms and conditions set forth is prohibited and is considered an infringement of the copyrights of the respective holders unless specially stated otherwise.
Description
A lone sun worshipper sitting close to the round tower at Archirondel, which is in the Parish of St Martin in Jersey. This tower was the penultimate round tower built prior to 1796 when the Martello Tower was introduced to the Island.
The towers were used to protect the Island against possible invasion - there were originally 30 in the Island. The Jersey Heritage Trust keep them maintained and in recent years has been transforming some into holiday let apartments.
The Trust has open days during the summer months for interested parties to view them internally, many are not normally open to the public other than on these days.
Comments (6)
ledwolorz
Beautiful place and fantastic photo.
Meisiekind
Excellent shot and the sunbather just 'makes' the image! Well done! :)
Garlor
good composition, I hope the sunbather can move fast before that big tide comes in.
Artists4U
Love the picture (and the little cafe out of sight that serves lovely moules.) Excellent Work..
JaneEden
How interesting, I had no idea about these towers. Great idea making some into holiday apartments though. It looks to be a lovely peaceful spot for a bit of sunbathing too. Great shot Susan, hugs Jane xx
JeffG7BRJ
My brother has untold hundreds if not thousands of pictures from his life there. He only came back to England because our mother was seriously ill, he gave up his life in Jersey to look after her. He still lives in the family home our mother though died some twenty three years ago. He still keeps in touch with his friends out there though and visits every couple of years. I never took up his invitation to join him out there, I often wish I had. Nice to hear they are doing something constructive with these wonderful towers, holiday lets will bring some money in as well has keeping them maintained. Excellent capture, and informative read. Bravo!!!!!