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Kerbonn

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on the site to house French 164mm guns, 6 air-raid shelters, one fire-direction post and three anti-aircraft-gun positions. One of these German casemates now houses a memorial to the
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battery dating to 1889-1891, with its underground magazine. The Fort de Kerbonn is a side battery, designed to fire on ships in the
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peninsula. As well as its fortifications, the site also houses the ruins of the manor of Coecilian.
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Batteries, réduits, tours, forts, casemates de Camaret et Roscanvel
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Kerbonn's many fortifications form part of the defences of the
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Index

Camaret-sur-Mer
pointe de Pen-Hir
pointe du Toulinguet
Crozon
goulet de Brest
mortar
roadstead of Brest
casemates
Battle of the Atlantic
Batteries, réduits, tours, forts, casemates de Camaret et Roscanvel
"Patrimoine architectural et mobilier en Bretagne / Inventaire général du patrimoine culturel"
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Position de Kerbonn
Batteries of Kerbonn
Manor of Coecilian
48°16′9″N 4°36′58″W / 48.26917°N 4.61611°W / 48.26917; -4.61611
Categories
Fortifications of Brest, France
Villages in Brittany

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