Trou à l'Homme
Trou à l'Homme is a cave on the Alabaster Coast in Normandy , France .
It is located on the eastern flank of the Falaises d'Aval chalk cliffs , west of Étretat , to whose municipality it belongs. The cave is of natural origin. Inside it is a platform to which an iron ladder leads. A tunnel that was built in 1922 begins on the platform. It leads through the rock massif to the east to the coastal area of Valleuse de Jambourg , which can only be reached through this tunnel and only at certain tide points . There is a tide calendar at the tunnel entranceappropriate. The construction of the tunnel was carried out after an agreement between the mayor and the fishermen and should give them easier access to the Valleuse de Jambourg.
The name of the cave means something like manhole in German . According to legend, a Swedish ship overturned in a storm in 1792 . A sailor was washed into the cave so that the surf could no longer reach him and he survived.
literature
- Françoise Foucher, Étretat , Éditions d'Art Jack, Louannec, June 2018, ISBN 978-2-37773-037-7 , page 6 ff.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Un passage mythique sous la falaise d'Étretat: direction le “Trou-à-l'Homme” from August 27, 2019 on www.paris-normandie.fr (French)
Coordinates: 49 ° 42 '24.6 " N , 0 ° 11' 40.9" E