"Stützpunkt" at Ménez-Hom, Finistère, FRA
N 48° 13.210 W 004° 14.126
30U E 408235 N 5341509
Scattered over the hilltop of Ménez-Hom in Brittany, you find a WWII german "Stützpunkt", build of radar and communication installations, bunkers for machine guns and artillery.
Waymark Code: WM13C6D
Location: Bretagne, France
Date Posted: 11/05/2020
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The Ménez-Hom (Breton Menez C’homm) is an extinct volcano that consists of weather-resistant quartzite. At 330 m, it is the highest mountain in Brittany outside the Monts d’Arrée massif and part of the Armorique Regional Nature Park.
Due to its high and isolated location on the Breton coast, it was an ideal base to spot aircraft and ships approaching early and to establish communication with the ships of the Kriegsmarine, especially the submarines from the nearby bases in Brest and Lorient.
It was also used by the Luftwaffe, to detect incoming planes and direct their fighters against them.
The presence of a FuMG 38G Seetakt radar is documented, maybe also a FuMB 686 Wolga, see (
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The hill was heavy bombed in 1944, because the Crozon Peninsula builds a german stronghold in the Brest Area.
Today you found scattered ruins all over the hill.