La pointe de Cornouaille is a cape to the north of the hamlet of Kerviniou in

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. They are both situated on the

Roscanvel Roscanvel (; br, Roskañvel) 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 departm ...

peninsula and, facing as it does the

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 (58m above sea-level), with a now-destroyed artillery tower, and a lower semi-circular battery at ...

, a battery on the point forms part of the defences of the

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, the is situated between the Pointe du Petit Minou and the Pointe du Portzic to the north and the îlot des Capucins and the P ...

. Known defences on the site include: * Lower battery (1694) - built to plans by Vauban * Tour modèle n°1 (1813) - see

Tour-modèle type 1811 A model tower (''tour-modèle''), also known as an Empire tower or a Napoleon tower, was a standardised defensive fortification created in 1811. Construction began along the Atlantic and Mediterranean coastlines the following year but the project ...

* Batterie de rupture sous roc (1888) * Batterie du plateau (1897) * Batterie de DCA allemande (1943, German) * Torpedo-boat battery (German)

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Cornouaille Cornouaille (; br, Kernev, Kerne) is a historical region on the west coast of Brittany in West France. The name is cognate with Cornwall in neighbouring Great Britain. This can be explained by the settlement of Cornouaille by migrant princ ...

Landforms of Finistère Headlands of Brittany