FORT CORNOUAILLE |
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In
1888
were
installed
the
undeground
batteries
dug
into
the
cliff.
The
fort’s
platform
communicates
with
the
underground
batteries
situates
at
water
level,
with
a
10
meter
deep
artificial
crevice.
On
the
other
bank
of
the
sound
is
another
fort,
« fort
du
Léon »,
also
known
as
« Fort
du
Mengant ». |
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The reason for these two forts was the possibility of firing the battleships that would venture in the sound from both sides. Charts of that period (these charts can be seen at the « fort de la Pointe des Espagnols » museum.) represent all the possible projectile paths that could be fired from both forts. |
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