Icart Point Explained

Icart Point is a point of southern Guernsey, located west of Jerbourg Point and east of Petit Port, Moulin Huet and Saint's Bay.[1] It is in the parish of Saint Martin, Guernsey

A German fortification Wildstandnest Ikart was built on the headland during 1942–3.[2] Also on the headland is Saints Bay Hotel.[3] Jaonnet Bay was the site of a British Commando raid during World War II.[4]

There are various walking paths around the point which offer "a rocky, flowery headland and dramatic views".[5] The soil is underlain by Icart Gneiss, an augen gneiss of granitic composition containing potassium feldspar. This was formed from a granite dated at using U-Pb dating on zircon grains.[6] [7]

A race horse has also been named Icart Point.[8]

Saint's Bay

Saint's Bay, directly to the east of Icart Point contains No 14 Guernsey loophole towers, built in the 1780s to help defend the Island.[9] Between 2015 and 2018 the tower was restored by local volunteers. Rubbish was cleaned out and timbers restored or replaced. The firing steps which had been on each floor were recreated. The work was carried out using materials as close to those originally used in the 1780s as possible.[10]

Saint's Bay Right Battery and magazine are protected monuments.[11]

The name "Saint's bay" has an origin going back 1,000 years, Archbishop Mauger, uncle to William the Conqueror. Mauger was deposed from his archbishopric at the council of Lisieux, around 1054. Mauger was banished from Rouen to the Isle of Guernsey. He landed at Saint's bay.[12]

La Marcherie is a house which was demolished in 1944. It was admired by Victor Hugo.[13]

Icart Bay

To the west is La Moye Point, separated from Icart Point by Icart Bay.[14]

Goat Crags

Goat Crags is used for climbing.[15]

References

49.42°N -2.56°W

Notes and References

  1. Book: Ansted. David Thomas. David Thomas Ansted. Latham. Robert Gordon. Robert Gordon Latham. The Channel Islands, by D.T. Ansted and R.G. Latham. W. H. Allen & Company. 1 July 2011. 1865. 47.
  2. Book: Strappini, Richard . St Martin, Guernsey, Channel Islands, a parish history from 1204 . 2004 . 132.
  3. Web site: The Saints Bay Hotel Guernsey . The Saints Bay Hotel Guernsey . 23 March 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190902063022/http://saintsbayhotel.com/ . 2 September 2019 . live .
  4. Web site: Icart Point . The Sarnian . 23 March 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200323213307/https://thesarnian.com/location/icart-point/ . 23 March 2020 . live .
  5. Book: Dillon . Paddy . Walking on Guernsey: Guernsey, Alderney, Sark and Herm . 2016 . Cicerone Press . 9781783623624 . 52 .
  6. Book: Keppie . J. Duncan . Pre-Mesozoic Geology in France and Related Areas: and Related Areas . 2012 . Springer Science & Business Media . 9783642849152 .
  7. Book: Power . G.M. . Great britain: Channel islands. In: Encyclopedia of European and Asian Regional Geology . 1997 . Springer . 10.1007/1-4020-4495-X_36 . 978-0-412-74040-4 . 2020-03-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180609153821/https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007%2F1-4020-4495-X_36 . 2018-06-09 . live .
  8. Web site: Icart Point Horse Profile . Sporting Life . 24 March 2020.
  9. Web site: Fortifications span 1,000 years in the Forest . BBC . 24 March 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110127130053/http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/guernsey/hi/people_and_places/history/newsid_9360000/9360318.stm . 27 January 2011 . live .
  10. News: Loop tower labour of love . 24 March 2020 . Bailiwick Express Guernsey News . 4 April 2018.
  11. Web site: PM320 Saint's Bay Right Battery and magazine . Statyes of Guernsey . 24 March 2020.
  12. Book: A Companion to the Island of Guernsey ... compiled from the best authors ... With a map of the island . Collins, 1835 . 121.
  13. Web site: Victor Hugo and Guernsey: Lost things: La Marcherie . Priaulx Library . 24 March 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181125162521/https://www.priaulxlibrary.co.uk/articles/article/victor-hugo-and-guernsey-lost-things-la-marcherie . 25 November 2018 . live .
  14. Book: The Channel Islands. 1 July 2011. Forgotten Books. 978-1-4510-0100-6. 47.
  15. Web site: Icart Point - Goat Crags and Kid Island . UK Climbing . 23 March 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924221814/http://www.ukclimbing.com/logbook/crag.php?id=11795 . 24 September 2015 . live .

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