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The Îlette de Kermorvan fort is a fortification built under Napoleon III, located on a small island north of the Kermorvan peninsula, in the French commune of Le Conquet (Finistère).
Associated with two coastal batteries, this fortification, known as the upper coastal battery, protected the northern part of the peninsula, at the tip of which stand two further coastal batteries with a redoubt (lower coastal battery). It guards the anchorage of the Plage des Blancs-Sablons to the west.
The islet batteries consist of two platforms set at different heights and linked by a tunnel; they housed 8 cannons arranged in an open barbette battery. The redoubt is a crenellated guardhouse, no. 2, model 1846, with 2 bretèches per side, modified to accommodate 30 men. The date 1847 appears above the entrance.
Decommissioned in 1889, the structure remains in good condition. It is privately owned and accessible at low tide via the peninsula's coastal path.