Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Motte castrale
Saint-André-de-Corcy, Ain, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- Motte castrale (cad. A1 63) : inscription par arrêté du 19 septembre 1989
- Protection dates
- 1989/09/19 : inscrit MH
- Type
- édifice fortifié
- Main period of construction
- 11e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété privée
- Lieu-dit
- Etang de la Roussière
- Commune
- Saint-André-de-Corcy
- Département
- Ain
- Region
- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 45.93763, 4.95959
- Mérimée reference
- PA00116604
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesBibliothèque nationale de France (Gallica)IGN France — Géoportail
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1708 map "La Bresse, Le Bugey..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Si la première mention d'une famille seigneuriale date du 13e siècle, les indices de surface attestent l'existence de cette motte castrale dès le 11e siècle. Les vestiges ont subi d'importants remaniements qui ont altéré ses formes originelles. L'ensemble se présente comme un plate-forme sommitale entourée d'un fossé, avec une basse-cour.
English translation
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History
While the first mention of a seigneurial family dates from the 13th century, surface evidence attests to the existence of this motte castle from the 11th century. The remains have undergone significant alterations which have changed their original forms. The whole presents itself as a summit platform surrounded by a ditch, with a lower courtyard.