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IMG_7102.jpg Portelet Tower - Noirmont Headland, St Brelade - © A Santillo 2016

Portelet Tower, Jersey, is a Martello tower that the British built in 1808 on the tidal island L'Île au Guerdain in Portelet Bay in the parish of Saint Brélade, Jersey. The site is often referred to as Janvrin's tower or Janvrin's Tomb. The tower consists of only one room and was more of a guardhouse than a Martello.


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