Nine kilometres west of Le Faou, by way of a beautiful shoreline road, the Pont de Térénez spans the Aulne – outlet for the Nantes–Brest canal – to the Crozon peninsula. Doubling back to the right as soon as you cross the bridge brings you after a further 5km to LANDÉVENNEC, where archeologists are uncovering the outline of what may be Brittany's oldest abbey (May, June & last 2 weeks of Sept daily except Sat 2–6pm; July to mid-Sept daily 10am–7pm; Oct–April Sun 2–6pm; €4). Nothing survives above ground of the original thatched hut, constructed in a forest clearing by St Gwennolé around 485 AD. After the abbey had been pillaged by raiding Normans in 913 AD, however, it was rebuilt in stone. Those foundations can now be seen, together with displays on monastic history and facsimile manuscripts. There's a small but attractive hotel in the heart of Landévennec, Le St-Patrick (tel 02.98.27.70.83; €30–40; closed mid-Oct to mid-March).Alternate spellings:: France, Landévennec, Landévennec, Landevennec
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