Vingtaine de Rozel
Rozel is a place name describing two identically named vingtaines in the
Situated on the north east coast of
Le Câtel de Rozel lies on a headland to the north of Rozel Bay in Trinity, and is an early fort with signs of neolithic and Iron Age occupation.
During the Napoleonic era, a fort was built on the headland to the north of the harbour and was backed by a garrison stationed at Le Couperon barracks in Rozel Bay. The barracks were built in 1810, sold to a private owner in 1924 and converted into a hotel run by the Sharp family in the 1950s. The property is now a private residential complex.[2]
Le Moulin de Rozel was a mill built in 1799, dismantled in 1916 and later converted to an artillery observation post by the Germans in the
Chateau La Chaire lies in a valley where Samuel Curtis built a house and established a botanical garden in 1841. In 2002 research was undertaken in recreating the "lost garden" and several Eden project style schemes were put forward, however the Samuel Curtis Garden Project fell into abeyance in January 2004.
Other vingtaines
Other vingtaines of St Martin and Trinity include
References
- ^ Microfiche of the 1901 Census for Jersey, Public Record Office reference 1+ RG13/5315
- ^ Morgan KE (2013). North Jersey Through Time. Great Britain: Amberley Publishing Limited. 34.