Site archéologique du castrum de Roquefort

English translation

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History

The château de Roquefort, mentioned throughout the 12th century by the oaths preserved in the cartulary of the Trencavel, is the cradle of the family of the same name whose development culminates in the early 13th century. Thus, taking advantage of its border position between the county of Toulouse and the viscounty of Carcassonne, the lordship reaches, in this period, its widest perimeter. In the 13th century, the subordinate village settlement was marked by strong or even total adherence to heresy and is particularly documented by inquisitorial registers. The site begins to decline from the late 14th century with the change of residence of the lords. Excavated very occasionally in the early 1980s, its topography reveals three different levels and offers significant archaeological potential: it appears as a model of the medieval castrum in the Midi-Pyrénées region.