Pointe de Cornouaille
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La pointe de Cornouaille is a cape to the north of the hamlet of Kerviniou in France
. They are both situated on the Roscanvel
peninsula and, facing as it does the Fort du Mengant
, a battery on the point forms part of the defences of the goulet de Brest
.
Known defences on the site include :
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
. They are both situated on the Roscanvel
Roscanvel
Roscanvel is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.-Population:Inhabitants of Roscanvel are called in French Roscanvelistes.-See also:*Quélern*Communes of the Finistère department...
peninsula and, facing as it does the Fort du Mengant
Fort du Mengant
The fort du Mengant or fort du Léon in the commune of Plouzané is part of the defences of the roadstead of Brest. It is made up of a high battery , with a now-destroyed artillery tower, and a lower semi-circular battery at the foot of the cliff, with two small powder magzaines.Built by Vauban in...
, a battery on the point forms part of the defences of the goulet de Brest
Goulet de Brest
The Goulet de Brest is a 3 km long strait linking the roadstead of Brest to the Atlantic Ocean. Only 1.8 km wide, it is situated between the Pointe du Petit Minou and the Pointe du Portzic to the north and the îlot des Capucins and the Pointe des Espagnols to the south.At each turn of...
.
Known defences on the site include :
- Lower battery (1694) - built to plans by VaubanVaubanSébastien Le Prestre, Seigneur de Vauban and later Marquis de Vauban , commonly referred to as Vauban, was a Marshal of France and the foremost military engineer of his age, famed for his skill in both designing fortifications and breaking through them...
- Tour modèle n°1 (1813) - see Tour-modèle type 1811
- Batterie de rupture sous roc (1888)
- Batterie du plateau (1897)
- Batterie de DCA allemande (1943, German)
- Torpedo-boat battery (German)