Harbour

Pors Keraign

Name: Pors Keraign
Address: Plomelin, FR

2.2Plomelin, FranceSouth Finistère

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Type: Harbour

Cluster of private mooring buoys on the west bank of the Odet estuary, at Plomelin in Finistère, Brittany.

Guide

Approach and anchoring

Reached from the Odet estuary between Bénodet and Quimper. Approach with care at low water on spring tides due to limited depth along the bank. No dedicated buoyage, navigate by sight with reference to the main estuary channel. Moorings are private buoys rather than pontoon berths, though a spare one can sometimes be taken for the night. About 6 metres has been found at low water on a coefficient of 70, and the spot lies calm and well sheltered.

Practical

Mooring is on private buoys rather than pontoons, with no true harbour and no fuel on site. Bénodet, 1.9 NM to the southeast, has a full marina, fuel berth and shops.

Ashore

Footpaths along the Odet through oak woodland on the Plomelin bank. Château de Pérennou, a 19th-century estate with remains of a Roman villa on its grounds, lies about 2 km upstream on the same bank.

History

The Odet estuary has served as a sheltered route inland to Quimper since antiquity. Plomelin and its hamlets grew as riverside parishes of the Cornouaille diocese.