Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Motte féodale
Sainte-Céronne-lès-Mortagne, Orne, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- Motte féodale (cad. E 111) : inscription par arrêté du 24 juin 1975
- Protection dates
- 1975/06/24 : inscrit MH
- Type
- édifice fortifié
- Main period of construction
- 11e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété privée
- Commune
- Sainte-Céronne-lès-Mortagne
- Département
- Orne
- Region
- Normandie
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 48.58150, 0.51811
- Mérimée reference
- PA00110912
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesIGN France — GéoportailDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesIGN France — Géoportail
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
Les chevaliers de Poix avaient installé, au 11e siècle, sur cette motte un petit château qui relevait de la baronnie de Soligny. Cette motte devait être autrefois entourée d'eau.
English translation
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History
The knights of Poix had installed, in the 11th century, on this motte a small castle which was a dependency of the barony of Soligny. This motte was formerly surrounded by water.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.