Wn324a Pointe de Rozel
Map 1211O GPS 49.4718N 001.8412W
The four captured French Schneider Guns dating from 1914 installed near to
the Pointe, were never enclosed in casemates. They had been placed here in 1943
to help protect the straights between the western Cotentin and Jersey. They were
still installed on their original gun carriages and placed on concrete rafts, of
which no trace can be found today. There are two very interesting structures
right on the beach to the south of the Pointe. Firstly a double garage built
under the sand dunes, that may well have house two anti aircraft guns. This is
built in local stone although it uses standard roof sections, reinforced as are
many structures in this part of Normandy with sections of rail. On top of the
dunes is a Fire Control Post, again not built to any standard design. It does
seem that many of the Atlantic Wall structures on this coast, built late in
1943, were designed and executed by a local designer with no reference to
standard Todt plans. High on the Pointe is a small Fire Control Post and at the bottom of the
cliff is a emplacement for a cannon that has slipped down the cliff due to
erosion.
Wn324a Sk x 4 - 88mm M31 x 4 - 75mm FK38 Manned by 8/HKAR1262
