Pointe de la Torche

47.836761111111 - 4.3545277777778Koordinaten: 47 ° 50 ' 12 " N, 4 ° 21' 16 " W

The Pointe de la Torche ( often short La Torche ) ( tip of the torch ) ( eponymous French = torche torch) is in danger of being by sea erosion to the island. It is located in Cornwall in Finistère in the west of Brittany, north of penmarch, in the municipality Plomeur between the headlands Pointe du Raz and Pointe de Penmarc'h.

The place is of particular interest for the history. The peninsula was inhabited around 5000 BC by Mesolithic fishermen and collectors. In 1880 the French archaeologist Paul du Chatellier found in a kitchen midden the skeleton of a Mesolithic man. On the eponymous headland in the sea Beg is located on Dorchenn, in 1946 explored dolmens with side chambers, which was probably extended by a passage in the Neolithic period.

Time position

During a rescue excavation of bone found at least 5 people in the northern side chamber and a part of the Ganges. The C14 - determination resulted in 5490 with a probability of 95% of the age 4499-4090 BC

Others

The place is popular among surfers because of its good wind and wave conditions, but also very dangerous because of its extremely strong undercurrent. The headland La Torche divides the wide - suitable for beach sailing - beach in the northern and the southern Treguennec Plage de Plage de Pors Can, visit beautiful rock formations and is due to the strong surf a popular photo. In the countryside around La Torche, there are still the remains blasted German bunker from the Second World War.

Close

Just east, about five kilometers away, Notre- Dame de Tronoën is the oldest Calvary Brittany. Also noteworthy is the menhir of Kerscaven at the entrance of Penmarc'h whose gullies has been compared with drapery.

Gallery

Rock formations

The torch seen from the side