Fort Cap Gris Nez
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ruins, fortification
The remains of a fort built in 1546 by the English during Henry VIII's occupation of the Boulonnais. The nazis built some bunkers here, which were shelled by Canadian forces in 1944.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 50°52'15"N 1°35'13"E
- former Batterie Großer Kurfürst 0.4 km
- Cap Gris-Nez 0.5 km
- Battery Todt 2.9 km
- V-3 Bunker Complex Eastern Site 12 km
- Batterie Lindemann (site) - 3x40.6 cm SK C/34 gun 12 km
- German Artillery Battery MKB Oldenburg (2x28cm) 25 km
- German Artillery Fortress 'MKB Waldau' 26 km
- Gravelines Fort 40 km
- Leffrinckoucke Battery 64 km
- Field Battery Bamburg 88 km
- former Batterie Großer Kurfürst 1.1 km
- Baie de Wissant 2.6 km
- Battery Todt 3.4 km
- Audresselles 5.2 km
- Golf de Wimereux 9 km
- Carrières de marbre 12 km
- Time Team Excavation Site Wierre Effroy 15 km
- Dover Strait 16 km
- Saint-Martin-Boulogne 17 km
- Channel Tunnel 18 km