Fort de l'Îlette de Kermorvan

The Fort de l'Îlette de Kermorvan is a fortification built under Napoleon III, on an islet north of the Kermorvan peninsula, in the French commune of Le Conquet (Finistère).

Associated with two coastal batteries, this fortification, known as the upper coastal battery, protected the northern part of the peninsula, at the tip of which are two other coastal batteries with a redoubt (lower coastal battery). It protects the anchorage of the Blancs-Sablons beach to the west.

The Îlette batteries consist of two platforms staggered in height and linked by a tunnel; they held 8 guns arranged in a barbette battery. The redoubt is a crenellated guardhouse, no. 2, model 1846, with 2 bretèches on each side, modified for 30 men. The date 1847 appears above the entrance.

Decommissioned in 1889, the structure is still in good condition. Privately owned, it is accessible at low tide via the coastal path of the peninsula.

Machine-translated from “Fort de l'Îlette de Kermorvan” on the French Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Fort de l'Îlette de Kermorvan ranks #6,672 of 8,764 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #574 of the 675 mapped in France. Founded 1847, it is older than 9% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 655 atlas entries founded in the 19th century. 6 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Brest (France), 22 km away. See how France compares in the castle statistics.

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