Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Motte castrale dite Le Château
Rémalard, Orne, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- Motte castrale avec ses fossés (cad. AB 96) : inscription par arrêté du 17 novembre 1994
- Protection dates
- 1994/11/17 : inscrit MH
- Type
- site archéologique, édifice fortifié
- Main period of construction
- 11e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété privée
- Address
- rue des Tanneries
- Commune
- Rémalard
- Département
- Orne
- Region
- Normandie
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 48.42812, 0.77061
- Mérimée reference
- PA00132903
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesIGN France — GéoportailDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid 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
Enceinte circulaire surélevée sur laquelle fut construite un "sheel-keep". Ce site stratégique commande la vallée de l'Huisne. Le château dut subir en 1077 le siège de Guillaume le Conquérant lorsque son fils révolté, Robert Courteheuse, s'y enferma avec le seigneur du Thimerais qui tenait cette forteresse de Rotrou II. Guillaume fit établir quatre fortifications (mottes ou enceintes) pour surveiller la place et la bloquer. Le site présente également l'intérêt d'être un parfait exemple de bourg castral. L'urbanisation s'est faite en partant de la basse-cour, et le long d'une voie menant au prieuré.
English translation
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History
Circular enclosure raised on which was built a shell-keep. This strategic site commands the valley of the Huisne. The castle must have undergone in 1077 the siege of William the Conqueror when his rebellious son, Robert Curthose, shut himself in with the lord of the Thimerais who held this fortress from Rotrou II. William had four fortifications established (mottes or enclosures) to watch over the place and blockade it. The site also presents the interest of being a perfect example of a castle borough. Urbanisation developed starting from the lower courtyard, and along a way leading to the priory.
Nearby in the register
- Égliseégliseunder 1 mi
- Motte castrale dite Le Chatelliersite archéologiqueunder 1 mi
- Église Saint-Laurentéglise1 mi
- Château de Voréchâteau2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.