Tours de Cabrenc (également sur commune de Lamanère)

English translation

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History

The ensemble consists essentially of three distinct structures occupying the summits of a granitic ridge. To the north, a tower polygonal on the exterior, quadrangular on the interior, raised to three levels vaulted with a broken barrel vault. It is surrounded by the vestiges of an approximately circular "chemise", emphasised by a ditch. In the centre, the second tower offers a more complex plan. The polygonal tower appears to be the result of the addition of a quadrangular building to the south-east to a pre-existing building to the north, polygonal. The gate of the enclosure is defended by a series of loopholes. To the south, the wider summit platform permitted the development of more substantial constructions. On the south-west flank remains a wall that develops following a polygonal course and in which the vestige of the entrance gate is still apparent. This first enclosure ends with a platform to the north-east. Occupying the ridge above this ensemble, the course of the upper enclosure is still visible with, at its centre, the vestiges of a construction that appears to be the chapel. A vaulted room, of which only the north wall remains, occupies the northern extremity of the site.