Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Ensemble castral
Le Merlerault, Orne, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- Ensemble castral (cad. AS 13, 14) : inscription par arrêté du 21 septembre 1989
- Protection dates
- 1989/09/21 : inscrit MH
- Type
- édifice fortifié
- Main period of construction
- Moyen Age
- Ownership
- propriété privée
- Lieu-dit
- le Château Clos
- Commune
- Le Merlerault
- Département
- Orne
- Region
- Normandie
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 48.68753, 0.26785
- Mérimée reference
- PA00110977
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
Demeure médiévale fortifiée présentant une motte circulaire comportant une double enceinte de remparts en terre, séparée de fossés secs.
English translation
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History
Fortified medieval dwelling presenting a circular motte comprising a double enclosure of earth ramparts, separated by dry ditches.
Nearby in the register
- Ancienne église Saint-Pierre Saint-Jean et Saint-Paterne de Montrondéglise2 mi
- Logis de Ménil-Frogermanoir3 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.