Les Gellettes, Jersey - Archaeological Evaluation and Assessment of Results

Wessex Archaeology

An archaeological evaluation was undertaken by Channel 4’s Time Team at the site of the German 2nd Battery of mixed anti-aircraft battalion 364 to the south of Les Gellettes on the island of Jersey. The Battery was constructed following the Occupation of the island in July 1940 and contained six 88mm and three 20mm anti-aircraft guns, just a small percentage of the 165 anti-aircraft guns recorded on the island by November 1944.

The evaluation aimed to identify the character, date, condition and extent of both the surviving earthworks and extant remains within the Battery and the underlying archaeological remains, following the post-war reclamation of the site and its return to agriculture.