Cape de Carteret
The course of Carteret is a rock headland of origin Cambrien on the west coast of the Cotentin, on the commune of Barneville-Carteret.
Located vis-a-vis the Channel Islands, it always constituted a natural place of observation, allowing per good weather a sight of on the islands of Sercq and Jersey and on the southern part of Cotentin until Granville. It marks a limit between the Côte of the harbors in the south and a rock coast in north with high-perched dunes.
At the 18th century, to fight against smuggling between the islands and Cotentin, a way of customs officer was created there. One finds from now on on the top of the course a Sémaphore, a Phare (built in 1830) and an antenna of radiocommunication of the French National marine. They surplomblent a cliff where the cave known as is of the Dragon (or hole of the Snake). The local legend tells that holy Germain Scot overcame there a dragon which terrorized the inhabitants, of the iron oxide traces on the walls of the cave being interpreted like the blood of the dragon.
The course is a natural site, a stone low wall to old was reconstituted to protect its accesses. It is one of the only places of reproduction of the Grand corbel ( Corvus corax ) of Normandy with spectacular bridal parades with the top of the course in February /mars. The flora is primarily a oceanic flora characteristic with a predominance of the common Ajonc. One finds on the course also several very rare floral species in Normandy like the Trèfle of Boccone ( Trifolium bocconei ) or the Romulée with small flower ( Romulea columnae ).
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