Heritage Place

Roches-Douvres plateau

Offshore rocky plateau between Brehat and Guernsey, carrying France's most distant-from-shore European lighthouse.

Place Summary

Place ID: LUX-PLACE-000024
Type: heritage site
Description: Offshore rocky plateau between Brehat and Guernsey, carrying France's most distant-from-shore European lighthouse.
Aliases: Plateau des Roches-Douvres
Coordinates: 49.10505, -2.81413
Precision: source-coordinate
Confidence: high
Status: reviewed
Review: reviewed

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Heritage Journey

Roches-Douvres: The Granite Ship

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Role in journey

Continuity siteRoches-Douvres: The Granite Ship
The same exposed offshore plateau fixes the navigational mission across destruction and reconstruction.

Related Heritage Relationships

Located atRoches-Douvres lighthouse station identity to Roches-Douvres plateau1869
DestroyedRoches-Douvres 1869 metal lighthouse to Roches-Douvres plateau08/1944

Evidence

Phare des Roches Douvres - DIRM NAMOGovernment Operator
DIRM publishes WGS 84 coordinate 49 06.303 N, 02 48.848 W and identifies the plateau between Brehat and Guernsey.