Journal 31

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What a coincidence! I guess it must be the right answer then!
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Moonraker is right! I COMBED the web to find it! :D
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Just spent around an hour searching for Journal 31 to re-read it and realised I don't seem to have it!
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Viv of Ginger Pop wrote: Then have a look at some of the other fortifications around Jersey
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I understand that the forts around Jersey are typically Tudor (or later) and built in the age of the canon. These forts were very small, and manned by just a few soldiers at a time. Building in Jersey is usually with granite, often pink but sometimes grey. From the pictures I'm not sure if St Aubin's is made of pink granite or red brick. However the bedrock shows clearly the origin of its French name of Noirmont. These forts were still in use during Napoleonic times, and are still in reasonably good condition. They could be said to be deserted but not in a state of ruination when Enid visited over 80 years ago.
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I'm wondering if it really was Jersey?
Alderney comes a lot closer to my imagination of Kirrin Castle as Alderney's coast is basically lined with small islands and on each of these tiny islands is another fortress or castle.
When we went to the Channel Islands in May 2014, I was looking in vain all over Jersey for a castle that resembles Kirrin Castle. But when we explored Alderney, there were so many castles and little fortresses that I wondered if that's maybe where EB got her inspiration(s) from? Who knows, maybe she forgot to mention Alderney?
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If it was Alderney, maybe she also saw the puffins on Burhou... :wink:
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Maybe... :wink: :wink: :wink:
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Akanksha Perera wrote:Moonraker is right! I COMBED the web to find it! :D
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