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Ancien corps de garde, dit corps de garde des Doles, sis au hameau du Verger

Cancale, Ille-et-Vilaine, France

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Designation
Historic monument, classified (classé)
Protection
classé MH
Extent of protection
L'ancien corps de garde : classement par arrêté du 3 mai 1955
Protection dates
1955/05/03 : classé MH
Type
corps de garde
Main period of construction
17e siècle
Ownership
propriété d'un établissement public de l'État
Lieu-dit
le Verger
Commune
Cancale
Département
Ille-et-Vilaine
Region
Bretagne
Country
France
Coordinates
48.69696, -1.88250
Mérimée reference
PA00090514

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1750 map "Composite 4: Carte de France." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Dernier corps des gardes datant de l'époque de Vauban, sur les côtes d'Ille et Vilaine. L'ouvrage se compose d'une chambre voûtée en berceau, accostée d'un guettoir carré dont l'accès s'effectue par un escalier extérieur.

English translation

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Last guard house dating from the era of Vauban, on the coasts of Ille and Vilaine. The work is composed of a room with barrel vault, accompanied by a square watch post whose access is effected by an external staircase.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Base Mérimée, Ministère de la Culture, data last updated 2026-09-17, reused under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab). Record text is reproduced unchanged. Ministère de la Culture · Licence Ouverte 2.0
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