La319 Pleherel Pointe aux Chevres

40km west of St Malo is Frehel Pleherel on the western side of Cape Frehel, 5km back from the lighthouse. Wn La319 is the small point at the southern end of the plage.

3 x R501 group shelter.
1 x R667 casemate for a 5cm KwK.
1 x R669 casemate for a 7.5cm F.K.
1 x R600b/OB600E Schartenstand.
2 x R600b/OB600E.
1 x Vf67.
1 x Vf58c.
1 x Pz.T.F17.
1 x 7.5cm F.K.
2 x 5cm KwK.
1 x 2.5cm Pak112(f)
and many trenches.

Plan:
Yellow are the first bunkers and open emplacements that we found and red the casemates and trenches found.

L/R: A concrete building? R667 casemate.
Trenches & open 5cm  R600b/OB600E. Renault tank turret. 5cm  R600b/OB600E. 1 x Vf for personnel. Two R501 group bunkers. R669 7.5cm assault gun. Vf for 5cm KwK casemate.

Vf67 for a Pz.T.F17 Tank Turret.
These small self contained Tobruk’s had a rear entrance to a small ammunition magazine, spaces for ready ammunition and then the turret/gun room.

R501 rather damaged.
Its a badly damaged bunker probably filled with all the munitions lying around and then blown up. WumpF.

Old Chapel.
The remains of an old chapel and inset a photo of what it looked like, I am sure the remains were used as some form of defence for this Wn.

Vf for KwK Gun Casemate.
Set just below here is a 5cm  R600b/OB600E open emplacement and a top has been placed over it to make it into a small Vf casemate.

Vf for KwK gun Casemate.
A very expertly made top for this open emplacement, even with a lip at the front to stop water running down the front.

Vf for KwK Gun Casemate.
The view inside, the large square hole at the back may have been extra ammunition space? and inset : is the entrance now blocked. There seemed to be no signs of any fighting around this Wn. Maybe the US troops in the area captured the centre parts of the peninsular first and made this position unattainable?

Vf for KwK Gun Casemate.
A view from the casemate at the beach.

R669 Casemate.
As I said it has been dug into the rocky face of the cliff and steps down to the rear entrance. Now there are doors fitted to the rear and the front is closed off too. There is a small (French Military) guard post made of thin concrete to the left of the door and the remains of a flag pole base so the area may have been used as a firing range after the war?

R669 Casemate.
Very interesting rear entrance to get a 7.5cm field gun down and up.

Trench & Fox Holes.
A good infantry position facing the beach with flanking fire and a pathway cut through solid rock to take the 7.5cm gun down to its bunker. This area is now a toilet for holiday makers BEWARE?

5cm Open Emplacement  R600b/OB600E.
A trench leading into the emplacement.

The third  R600b/OB600E ringstand.
Open Emplacement with a Good View of the Beach.

R667 Casemate for a 5cm KwK gun.
The same gun as in the last open emplacements but now in a full casemate especially designed for this gun.

R667 Casemate for a 5cm KwK gun.
Inside the gun room looking to the rear with the door to the left, a vent pipe to allow foul gases to escape and a shoot to place fired shell cases down to get them out of the gun room and keep the fighting area clear.

R667 Casemate for a 5cm KwK gun.
Now the gun room looking forward with on the right a space for ammunition storage.

R667 Casemate for a 5cm KwK gun.
The view the gunners would have had.

R667 Casemate for a 5cm KwK gun.
There is quite a lot of damage internally.

R667 Casemate for a 5cm KwK gun.
The slit in the sloping wall is where the command wires were fed in to a trench and on to the command post. From the slit to the two small holes into the bunker the wires continued inside to a bunker phone.

R667 Casemate for a 5cm KwK gun & 'Ecole De Voile'.
It just shows how enthusiasm catches you out. I thought this could be an R701 an assault gun garage.

Casemates Three.
Vf for KwK - R667 - R669.