Talhouët woods

Part departmental, part communal and part private, the Talhouët wood stretches from the hamlet of La Bergerie to Le Talhouët. This hillside forest is home to local species such as beech and oak. It also conceals excavations and ruined buildings, the last traces of quarrying on both sides of the Blavet. Here, in the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century, up to 200 workers quarried high-quality blue granite to produce framing stones, paving stones, rubble and gravel. They were used to build the town of Hennebont, the canal and locks, and the railway viaduct. You can still ride along their cobblestones in a number of Breton towns and even as far away as the Champs Elysées roundabout in Paris.