The Kerollin Route in Inzinzac-Lochrist

Parking is available in the car park opposite the church. Penquesten village (Inzinzac-Lochrist). Church on the side of the War Memorial. Starting sign near the public toilets.

(S/E) Take the alleyway to the right of the church, then turn right onto Rue de Porh Roussine in Penquesten and follow it to the end.

(1) Turn left, then right (with the wash house on your right) onto the farm track.

(2) Carry on straight ahead at the junction with the GR®, then veer slightly to the right.

(3) Turn left at the hairpin bends. Continue to the right (twice), then left onto the farm track. Follow the boardwalk alongside the Kerollin stream until you reach the road.

(4) Go up the path on the right, then straight on along the road. Continue left along the road, straight on at the junction, right at the fork, then straight on. Take care, particularly when crossing the junction. Follow the farm track and veer slightly to the left before the gate. Turn right at the hairpin bends, then left, and carry on straight ahead along the road linking Kervénic Izel to Kervénic Ihuel

(5) Enter the village of Kervénic Ihuel on the left, and follow the path through the woods at the end (left, then straight on and right). At the hairpin bends, turn right (twice) and head back down the road to the hamlet of Lanvaudan. Before the church, turn left onto Place Saint-Maude, then right, skirting the church, and straight on along Rue Sainte-Anne (D102).

(6) Walk past the town hall and turn left after the school. Enter the sunken lane (with hairpin bends) opposite. Continue straight on, then follow the path to the left, along the edge of the field (three times to the right). Carry on to the left, then turn right onto the road. You’ll reach a crossroads in Kervéno.

(7) Turn right at the barriers and follow the path. At the end, turn left, then right and straight on along the old railway line to reach the station.

(8) Go straight on, past the old station. At the crossroads, go straight ahead (with the wash house on your right), and stay on the old railway embankment (straight on and slightly to the left).

(9) Head up to the right at the barriers and, further on, cross the D102 road (danger, take care). Follow the path to the right, before continuing to the left along the track. At the road, turn right to reach Kerglinec.

(10) After the farm buildings, turn left onto the track. Turn right at the crossroads and follow the boardwalk and the path on your right. Continue straight on past the hairpin bends and along the farm track. You’ll arrive at Couëdic Izel.

(11) Turn left, then right onto the road, and continue for 300 m. Enter the woodland on the left, after the house, and follow the marked path (turning right three times) along the Couëdic stream. You’ll come to the fork you passed on the way out.

(3) At the hairpin bends, carry on straight ahead, in the opposite direction to the outward journey, until you reach the village of Penquesten (S/E).

This route is organised by Lorient Agglomération

This route is included in the Morbihan Departmental Plan for Walking and Hiking Routes and has been accredited by the French Hiking Federation. You can follow the yellow signposts. There is an information board with a map and details of heritage sites at the start.

- The village of Penquesten: formerly a hamlet of Inzinzac, it became a parish in 1839; Notre-Dame de Victoire Church (late^18th century, remodelled in the^19th and^20th centuries, furnishings and statues from the^17th–18th centuries, calvary from 1785); former farmhouses dating from the^16th–19th centuries.
- The village washhouse: managed sustainably (preservation of aquatic vegetation) and awarded the ‘Refuge grenouilles’ (Frog Refuge) label by Eau & Rivières de Bretagne.
- Kerollin Mill Stream: a small tributary of the Blavet, 9.5 km in length.
- Kervenic Ihuel: farmhouses (^17th–18th centuries).
- Lanvaudan village: Saint-Maudé Church (1642,^16th-century sculptures) and parish enclosure with a monumental cross (^17th century); restored thatched cottages (^16th–19th centuries).
- Lanvaudan railway station: former Plouay–Locminé departmental railway line (1902–1947); used for freight and passenger transport.
- Fetan Vorlen: a fountain with an adjoining washhouse.
- The bocage: large cultivated plots surrounded by hedgerows, embankments and woods.
- Couëdic Bridge stream: a tributary of the Kerollin stream.