TreeAlive
‹ Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques, France

Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France

Réduit de Béniguet

Île-d'Houat, Morbihan, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Réduit (cad. AB 1 ) : inscription par arrêté du 30 octobre 2000
Protection dates
2000/10/30 : inscrit MH
Type
réduit
Main period of construction
3e quart 19e siècle
Dates
1857
Ownership
propriété privée
Commune
Île-d'Houat
Département
Morbihan
Region
Bretagne
Country
France
Coordinates
47.40138, -2.99167
Mérimée reference
PA56000030

Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.

IGN France — Géoportail

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1764 map "Carte de Belle-Isle et les isles d'Houat et d'Hedic." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Get directions ↗

This record on the Ministère de la Culture's POP platform ↗

The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Ce bastion rectangulaire à terrasse crénelée modèle 1846 a été construit à partir de 1857. Le rocher est excavé pour que le réduit échappe aux tirs. Une batterie de circonstance lui est associée en 1940, par la Marine. Il en subsiste aujourd'hui les canons de 95 sur affûts.

English translation

The text above is the record as published by the Ministère de la Culture, in French. The English below is a machine translation made by TreeAlive, not by the Ministère de la Culture; it has not been checked by a person. Where the two differ, the original is the record. Report a translation error: privacy@treealive.com

This rectangular bastion with crenellated terrace model 1846 was constructed from 1857. The rock is excavated so that the redoubt escapes gunfire. A temporary battery is associated with it in 1940, by the Navy. There subsist today 95mm guns on their carriages.

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
See your own family's places on a living map