St Ouen A tower

St Ouen A Tower

The A tower, or Tour du Sud, was built by 1780 suffered the same fate as its two nearest neighbours, being undermined by the sea, but more is known about its demise. Sir John Le Couteur, who was Militia ADC to Queen Victoria on her visit to Jersey records in his diary of 17 April 1851:

"Drove the Lieutenant-Governor and Colonel Hammond to the undermined Martello Tower near La Carriere in St Ouen's Bay. The sea has half demolished it as I foresaw years ago and we have asked the Lieutenant-Governor to allow us to batter it down with twenty four guns of the Artillery - as a grand Field day. There is an admirable place at point blank range four hundred yards from it; by having it at high water in Spring tides, no danger whatever could be apprehended. Colonel H was delighted at the idea."

It is not known whether the tower was demolished in this way, but it certainly disappeared between 1854 and 1933.

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  St Ouen A or Tour du Sud