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 (; ) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. History List of Mayors Population Inhabitants of Roscanvel are called in French ''Roscanvelistes''. See also * Quélern *Communes of the F ...

peninsula and, facing as it does the

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, 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 t ...

. Known defences on the site include: * Lower battery (1694) - built to plans by Vauban * 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)

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Cornouaille Cornouaille (; , ) 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 princes from Cornwall ...

Landforms of Finistère Headlands of Brittany Atlantic Wall