Mont Orgueil Castle cont. Soon after D Day in 1944 the defence of the east coast of Jersey came under the Commander of Battle Group Sea Targets East, formed with soldiers from the west side of Jersey. Eight 15 cm K18 guns were moved from Guernsey to east batteries Schlieffen and Haeslar. The headquarters were moved from St Ouen to Mont Orgueil Castle. The Command Post was built and can still be found in the north-east outworks. It consisted of a dual MG position with two observation and gun slits at the north and east angle of the former battery, this was connected by a covered staircase down to two covered rooms and a shelter. The machine-gun post facing north has a 5- inch square wood lined duct below the right side that may have been for ejecting spent cartridges. The roof of the machine-gun point was made of railway irons covered with earth. The roof of the lower rooms was of I-girders covered with a thin layer of concrete, rendered with cement and a layer of bitumen, then a layer of steel shuttering, which was filled above with 60 cms of soil and rubble, then a top layer of I- girders. As you can see in the photos remains of the rooms and MG position still survive and can be visited.
Posted on: Sat, 17 May 2014 17:05:52 +0000
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