Abstract
In this article a construction of the Atlantic Wall discovered on 02/01/2006 near the Pointe Saint Mathieu (Finistere, France) is identified and its purpose is clarified. It witnessed the presence, during the World War II, at Pointe Saint-Mathieu, of a Kieswerk or pebble factory in which the pebbles and/or crushed pebbles of the Ero Vili were stored and distributed. The Kieswerk was very likely to have participated in the construction of the Atlantic Wall fortifications of the Pointe Saint-Mathieu.
Highlights
Looking to the impressive defensive fortifications of the Atlantic Wall (Chazette et al, 1995; Dupont & Peyle, 1994; Duquesne, 1976), sometime the attention of the people is distracted from the enormous efforts and the logistic structure behind that, which allowed the construction of them
At the pebble factory of Camp Todt (Tomezzoli, 2015), the Ero Vili pebbles collected on the Tronoën beach were loaded on convoys of wagonettes
The Kieswerk was very likely to have participated in the construction of the Atlantic Wall fortifications of Pointe Saint-Mathieu (Figure 5 and Figure 6), in particular of the nearby MKB (Marine Coastal Battery) Graf-Spee
Summary
Looking to the impressive defensive fortifications of the Atlantic Wall (Chazette et al, 1995; Dupont & Peyle, 1994; Duquesne, 1976), sometime the attention of the people is distracted from the enormous efforts and the logistic structure behind that, which allowed the construction of them. The Kieswerk of Pointe Saint-Mathieu (48 ̊20'10.5''N, 04 ̊46'2.9''W) On 02/01/2006, during an excursion on Pointe-Saint Mathieu (Finistère, France) (cf Figure 1), a construction of the Atlantic Wall was discovered. It was provisionally identified as a construction of type and purpose unknown and forgotten. In the light of a previous publication (Tomezzoli, 2015), the construction (cf Figure 2) can be identified as a silo for storing pebbles and/or crushed pebbles and appears to belong to a small Kieswerk or pebbles factory similar, in some aspects, to that of the Camp Todt at Prat ar Hastel on the Municipality of Tréguennec (Bohn, 2014; Doaré & Le Berre, 2006; Tomezzoli, 2015).
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