Les Digues de Sangatte
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Starting from the Place de la République in Blériot-Plage, the route follows the Digue Mouron, crosses a former inlet that connected with Fort-Nieulay until 1815, then joins the Royal Dike at the level of the fort, where the Dauphine Gate and the Salines redoubt can be seen. It continues along the Camin Dike, offers a possible detour towards the new dike facing the strait, then returns along the Fort-Mahon dunes and the Fort Rabbit.
©Nohcab-Calais XXL The Mouron Dike
On either side of the dike, the houses are built on much lower ground. Following a decree of the King's Council dated April 7, 1767, Mr. Mouron obtained permission to drain the land he had purchased between the dunes of Fort Mahon to the north, the Camin dike to the west, the Royal Dike to the south, and the Baraques dunes to the east. Mouron had this dike, which would bear his name, built between Fort-Nieulay and the Baraques, to contain the waters of the back port.
Fort Nieulay
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©Nohcab The Royal Dike
The section between the Cage à Rats and the Camin dike was completed in 1749. In 1905, the Calais-Sangatte railway company created a railway line along the entire dike to bring coal and transport lime production from the "La Cimenterie" factory.
During the Second World War, the Germans used these sections of track to transport materials for the construction of the Lindemann Battery, which was lost beneath the embankments of the Channel Tunnel during the construction of the Fond Pignon. The cement works never resumed operations: all that remains now is the chalk quarry, converted into a motocross track, and a few houses.
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