Barfleur
N49 40.148 W001 15.508 Map 1310O
W121/W122 & W125
The port of Barfleur situated on the north east tip of the Cherbourg peninsular has no beaches around it. Therefore the Germans did not fortify the coast line to any great extent. They built an anti tank wall around the port just in case of a landing. The numbers on the wall are not German but refer to French elections. To the south they built a strong point that consisted of a gun emplacement a twin tobruk type 69 ?, and what looks like an anti aircraft position. There are several ammunition bunkers in the surrounding gardens. A little further south at Ainse de Landemer (W119a) is a lonely casemate several hundred meters inland from the little cove. It is of a construction that I have not come across in Normandy. The sides are very flat and from a distance it looks just like a house. The other variation is that there is a tobruk on the left hand side. The two guns casemates are I think a modified type 612.
