This is the largest remaining structure from the Occupation in the Channel Islands. Almost invisible from the surface the tunnel complex covers 7000 square metres. It was started in the winter of 1940, the first year of the Channel Island Occupation.
It was dug out by slave labour from France, Spain and other Allied forces. It took nearly 4 years to complete and work stopped just after D Day (June 1944). The tunnels where used to store animation and it was only used as a hospital for a few months after D Day. They found the damp conditions and lack of light for the patients not good for recovery.
The area was huge and we spent the majority of the afternoon there. It was cold and wet - but good photographic fun.
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