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Wa Pruef 514 Personnel Bunker - This is a common design in the Channel Islands, with two entrances, gaslock, crew room and ventilator room. The one at Rotenstein features nice murals and has been restored beautifully.

Other defences - The site features many more structures including a Pak 38 garage and position, Regelbau 676 for 4.7cm Pak, two Regelbau 606 for 60cm searchlights, Tobruks and more. A few images are below, but check out for more.

Rotenstein was established in 1942 at Fort Hommet, Guernsey. It was one of the largest collections of bunkers on the island, and formed one of twelve infantry strongpoints positioned on the island's coast. In recent years Festung Guernsey have made significant progress towards preserving the structures here, especially the M19 Automatic Mortar.

Features on Site

4x 'Fortress' Jaeger 10.5cm K331(f) Casemate

Regelbau 676 for 4.7cm PaK 

Prewar Militia shelter attached to 676 (Modified into German position)

2x Regelbau 606 Shelter for 60cm Searchlight

RFO 150cm Searchlight Shelter

Regelbau 633 for Automatic Mortar

Tobruk for MG

Tobruk for Tank Turret (MG) 

WakoFest 4-S Armoured Turret Bunker

RFO Water Supply Bunker

Wa. Pruef. 514 Personnel Bunker

Jaeger Casemates - These 4 structures were large fortress standard bunkers built to house 10.5cm K331(f) artillery guns. Two were built facing north and two facing south at this strongpoint.

Regelbau 633 - One R633 was built at the top of the strongpoint, and housed an M19 Automatic Mortar that would defend the area around the site. This bunker had an armoured cupola type 424P01. This was blown out with explosives for scrap, but has been recast in concrete with a weapon built from pieces all across Guernsey

Armoured Turret Bunker - This bunker is located on the very tip of the headland, and is a Channel Islands design (Wa. Pruef 543). It housed a heavy machine gun cupola of type 40P8 we believe. This was removed with explosives and the bunker was badly damaged. The cupola itself had embrasures for 6 weapons, but 3 were buried in concrete.

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