Located in a private farm to the north east of the main port area of Fecamp, you can find two remaining relics of a once large gun batterie.
Manned by HKAA (Heeres Kusten Artillerie Abteilung) number 799 (Army Coastal Artillery Division 799), this group were responsible for six 15.5cm artillery guns – all captured French weapons.
Formed in June 1941, the Division occupied the channel coast area from 1942 until August 1944 and also manned Batterie Grainval on the cliffs on the south western site of Fecamp.
Just two concrete emplacements, along with a large additional shelter, can be seen today.
The beautiful port town of Fecamp is a popular holiday spot and for concrete tourists there's a lot to see including over a dozen gun casemates spread across the hillsides, a stack of casemates on the cliff edge, and a huge radar facility.
Fecamp was split into around a dozen different strongpoints with bunkers built to protect the town, on the edge of the hill to cover the port area, and on the cliffs at the top of Cap Fagnet where a mixture of defensive structures and radar bunkers still remain.
After the fortress ports of Le Havre and Dieppe, Fecamp was the third most fortified port in this area of Normandy. Fecamp was occupied between June 9, 1940, and September 2, 1944.