Tremet is a hamlet 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 depart ...
peninsula in
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan ar ...
. The
gun batteries located here are 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 Po ...
, forbidding ships from entering the bay of
Camaret-sur-Mer. The site had been occupied by the military since 1694 (a battery was probably sited here in
Vauban's defensive scheme) and was updated several times in the 18th and 19th centuries.
The battery became a heavy anti-aircraft post in 1955 as part of the outer defences of Brest's military fort - part of that battery is still part of the military land around
Quélern and not open to the public.
Notes
External links
Position de TremetBatteries de Tremet (photos)
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Fortifications of Brest, France
Villages in Brittany