Hilvern stream from Saint-Caradec

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This hike will take you through the Rigole d'Hilvern on good paths.

In the Middle Ages, according to legend, Saint-Caradec belonged to the Viscounty of Rohan.

A smallpox epidemic occurred between 1865 and 1870, claiming 45 lives. Then, in 1902, a typhoid fever epidemic broke out in the region.

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
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    Distance: 6.99 km
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    Average duration: 2h 15 
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    Difficulty: Easy
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    Back to start: Yes
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    Ascent: + 82 m
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    Descent: - 85 m
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    Highest point: 163 m
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    Lowest point: 100 m
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Description of the walk

Departure from Place de l'Église.

(S/E) With your back to the church, cross the street, continue straight ahead for a few metres, then take the first street on the right: Place du Martray, which turns left, and continue straight ahead until you reach a fork.

(1) Turn left and continue straight ahead until you reach the last houses.

(2) Continue straight ahead, then take the second right and go straight ahead into the Rigole d'Hilvern, which has been converted into a greenway, and continue to the third crossroads.

(3) Leave the greenway by first turning right then left, and at the end turn right. Join a road at the hamlet of Kerdudaval and rejoin the Rigole d'Hilvern.

(4) Turn left and stay along the Rigole d'Hilvern until you reach the second bridge.

(5) Leave the Rigole d'Hilvern again and turn right towards the hamlet of Kerropet. Go around it on the left, cross the Rigole d'Hilvern and arrive at the first houses of Saint-Caradec.

(2) Turn right, then right again onto Rue Anne de Bretagne until you reach Place du Champ de Foire.

(6) Cross the street, continue straight ahead along Rue de Bellevue, then Rue du 3 Août 1994 to reach Place de l'Église (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 103 m - Place de l'Église
  2. 1 : km 0.16 - alt. 106 m - Fork
  3. 2 : km 0.76 - alt. 134 m - Last houses
  4. 3 : km 2.48 - alt. 142 m - Crossroads
  5. 4 : km 3.09 - alt. 144 m - Rigole de l'Hivern
  6. 5 : km 4.66 - alt. 144 m - Bridge
  7. 6 : km 6.64 - alt. 113 m - Place du Champ de Foire
  8. S/E : km 6.99 - alt. 103 m - Place de l'Église

Notes

No water source

Worth a visit

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