Ra107 Pointe du Meinga.

 

The Pointe sticks out pointing due north, the yellow square ? I have a 1950's which shows what look like bunkers and three red squares where I did find bunkers ant the last yellow square on the north tip is a bomb crater one of many that were here around the fall of St Malo. The yellow dot looks as though its a bunker but I did not go that far.

A 1943 Plan.

I have super imposed where I think the bunkers were placed. The centre one looks as though it was in process of being built.

Pointe du Meinga.

The path to the point.

The path to the pointe a bit further on and the fence posts are made from old beach defences. These would have lined the beach in at least two rows.

 

Looking along the headland with the SK/Schartenstand in the middle distance.

 

Steps run down to a trench, left to the SK/Schartenstand and right R600 bunker.

Set into the rocks this bunker would have been very hard to knock out.

A very heavy concrete cab was used to cover the start of the trench.

The trench from the casemate to the bunker

A lovely view.

The rear of the gun room with the rear door and a small ammunition space in the corner.

Gun base hold fast.

Cut out of solid rock.

Very overgrown.

 

Passageway with a small storage area at the end.

A 19P7 thin steel door into the crew room.

 

Left side is the gas filter. Right is the escape hatch.

A double heavy steel door in two parts to the ammunition room.

A small storage area at the end of the passage for personal equipment.

Steps down and the stone wall is shaped to allow a machine gunner to cover the entrance.

 

 

Above the red square is the R612 casemate for an assault gun and the red square is a Tobruk.

A nice shape over the door to stop rain water dripping into the front door.

Still here after all these years an Eisenpfahel barbed wire support where barbed wire entanglement would have been placed both sides of the casemate and possibly minefields in front and behind.

 

 

 

I am not sure if this Tobruk is not a modified type?

Looking into the machine gun ring.

 

Note the bomb crater right on the pointe, there were at least three here.