Kermouster and Creach Mout

Half tide at Hillion, a very quaint village on the northern side of the Brittany peninsula

Creach Mout was the location for a German pillbox and semaphore station. The Allies were advancing rapidly on the fortification. In another tragic war crime the Germans massacred 32 inhabitants of the town. The fortifications serve as a memorial.

High and dry: The tide on the west coast of Brittany recedes several kilometres. This tide drop and low gradient of the seabed facilitates the major industries of shellfish gathering and seaweed collection for iodine extraction.