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Pointe du Toulinguet

Coordinates: 48°16′49″N 4°37′44″W / 48.28028°N 4.62889°W / 48.28028; -4.62889
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The fort, signal-station, point and lighthouse
Close-up of the fort

The Pointe du Toulinguet is a promontory at the end of the Crozon peninsula in the commune of Camaret-sur-Mer in France, in western Brittany.

Its known fortifications include a prehistoric fortified site, as well as a lower battery by Vauban (of which only the platform remains).[1] It is also the site of a model-tower number 3, with a surrounding wall, 4 batteries built in 1883 and 1899, a 1949 signal station still in use and an 1848 lighthouse. It is still military land and closed to the public.

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  1. ^ Michel Dion (1996), Batteries, réduits, tours, forts, casemates... de Camaret et Roscanvel (in French), Brest: Association du Mémorial Montbarey, 67 pages

48°16′49″N 4°37′44″W / 48.28028°N 4.62889°W / 48.28028; -4.62889