Seymour Tower is a coastal defence tower built on a rocky
tidal island
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called L'Avarison, located 2 km (1.25 miles) east of the shoreline of
Jersey
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an area included in Jersey's South-East coast
Ramsar site. Acquired by
Jersey Heritage in 2006, it has since been used for self-catering accommodation.
History
The tower was constructed in 1782 following the
Battle of Jersey (6 January 1781), and is one of thirty
coastal towers that
Conway planned to build in the Channel Island. Only 23 towers were built, and Seymour is the only one that is square-shaped rather than round. A 1860 memorandum from Colonel Le Couter declared that Seymour Tower and
Icho Tower to south were to be abandoned.
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After a long period of vacancy, the States of Jersey purchased the tower in 1923 for £120 and it was subsequently released to private tenants. Jersey Heritage acquired the tower in 2006 and uses it for self-catering accommodation.] In 2012 the tower and surrounding area featured in "The Riddle of the Tides", an episode of the BBC #REDIRECT BBC #REDIRECT BBC
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In May 2022, the tower served as the base for an archaeological survey of the Violet Bank, an
, of which some is exposed during the low spring tide. The team of
's Institute of Archaeology, in collaboration with Jersey Heritage, began to document more evidence of
activity in this landscape. This work complements research carried out at
, on the south-west coast of Jersey which showed that Neanderthals had lived there between 250,000 and 50,000 years ago.