Fort du Mengant
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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 the foot of the cliff, with two small powder magazines.
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Around 1875, the naval ministry built a dam up against the lower battery to create a small harbour in which to base motor torpedo boats, in order to adapt the fort to this evolution in warfare.[1] The lower battery houses the annexe to the Centre Nautique des Equipages de la Marine, whilst the upper battery is now used for radar testing. An imposing ramp was built in the 1960s to link the port to the upper battery so that the largest pieces of radar equipment to be tested could be carried up to it from the port.
References
- ^ Un port à Mengam pour le stationnement de canots porte-torpilles, Louis Chauris, Les cahiers de l'Iroise, N°193, May 2002
External links
- Fort and tower du Mengant (general inventory)
- Fort du Mengant (photos)
- on the Vauban remains Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
- The fort du Mengant on the Plouzané site