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German Tower at Les Landes

MP3 Tower - Les Landes, Jersey, CI. Was fitted originally with a huge Freya radar aerial the base of which survives at the summit of the tower. It came to be known as Fu Mo West (Funkness Ortungsgerat West) - Radar Set West. The tower is also protected by two Anti-aircraft battery's. These were built on the orders of Adolf Hitler after the famous Bruneval raid on a similar radar site in France that did not have any protection.
Today MP3 stands not just empty - but forlorn. Very few visitors know of its existence and even knowing residents seldom grace it with a visit. It is possible to enter MP3 and to do so alone is an eerie experience as one listens to the wind blowing ceaselessly through the observation slits and the surf thundering against the rocks far below.


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s 26-Dec-2011 05:28
Like this and very interesting narrative....learnt something today!
Guest 26-Dec-2011 05:27
Like this and very interesting narrative....learnt something today!
stoge06-Mar-2011 20:40
Excellent Richard! Very Retrospective! V!
Doug Cruden06-Mar-2011 20:04
Ah but you've captured the essence of your narrative in this bleak and contrasty B&W shot Richard...beautifully minimal and abstract, really like this! V
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