Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Motte féodale dite Garenne-de-la-Motte
Igé, Orne, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- Motte féodale dite Garenne-de-la-Motte (cad. G 52) : inscription par arrêté du 10 juin 1975
- Protection dates
- 1975/06/10 : inscrit MH
- Type
- édifice fortifié
- Main period of construction
- Moyen Age
- Ownership
- propriété privée
- Lieu-dit
- Le Bois de la Roche
- Commune
- Igé
- Département
- Orne
- Region
- Normandie
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 48.28513, 0.50998
- Mérimée reference
- PA00110826
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesIGN France — GéoportailDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Perchensis Comitatus : La Perche Comte" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Le domaine conserve trois mottes visibles, celle du Bois de la Roche étant la motte principale. Elle faisait partie du système défensif qui s'échelonnait sur les marches du Perche. La motte présente une circonférence à la base d'environ 80 à 100m. La basse-cour a disparu, mais les fossés sont encore nettement visibles.
English translation
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History
The domain preserves three visible mottes, that of the Bois de la Roche being the principal motte. It was part of the defensive system which extended over the borders of the Perche. The motte has a circumference at the base of approximately 80 to 100m. The outer bailey has disappeared, but the ditches are still clearly visible.
Nearby in the register
- Domaine de Lonnéchâteau1 mi
- Église de Marcillyéglise2 mi
- Manoir de la Fresnayemanoir2 mi
- Égliseéglise3 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.