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Cartes castrales de France

In the year one thousand, to guard against invasions Vikings, rose from "castral mots". The land was taken to foot, which was a ditch. The mots had a diameter at the base of 30 metres, a diameter at the top of 10 metres and a height between 4 and 15 metres. Easy to build, they were built by corvetable farmers.
At the top of the mound was a strong palissade, as well as a wood watchtower prefiguring the donjon. There was an assistant with a duckyard surrounded by a palisade. Traditionally, mott authority is exercised only within the limits of seigneurie, i.e. a kilometre approximately at round. These fortifications were amply sufficient to meet the military challenges of the six and ten centuries.
The feudal muff is therefore a primitive castle, a major element of the structure of the feudality in the medieval west
. Subsequently, wood was gradually replaced by the "b" stone , particularly to avoid fires.
We felt it was essential to introduce them by region and department.
Cartes castrales de France

Sélection de 8 castral mots sur 97 en France

Castral motte

32370 Sainte-Christie-d'Armagnac

The castral motte of Sainte-Christie-d'Armagnac, built in the 11th century in Occitanie, is a well preserved medieval vestige, illustrating the defensive architecture of the feudal era.
Féudal motte de Bois-de-Céné
Motte féodale
85710 Bois-de-Céné

The feudal motte of Bois-de-Céné, a medieval vestige located in Vendée, bears witness to the defensive architecture of the Middle Ages in the Pays de la Loire.
Roc'h castral motte in Arzano
Motte féodale
29300 Arzano

The rock motte of Roc'h, a medieval vestige of Finistère, is a medieval fortress overlooking the Scorff valley in Arzano, Brittany. Protected by a ditch, it once housed a wooden tower.
Castral motte de Montreux-Château
Motte féodale
90130 Montreux-Château

The castral motte of Montreux-Château, medieval vestige of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, dominates the municipality of the same name in Burgundy-Franche-Comté. Classified as a Historical Monument, it bears witness to the defensive architecture of the time.
Feudal motte of the Plessis-Poix in Sainte-Céronne-lès-Mortagne
Motte féodale
61380 Sainte-Céronne-lès-Mortagne

The feudal motte of the Plessis-Poix, built in the 11th century in Sainte-Céronne-lès-Mortagne (Orne), is an ancient fortification surrounded by water, linked to the knights of Poix and the Barony of Soligny.
Rubrouck feudal muff
Motte féodale
59285 Rubrouck

Rubrouck's feudal motte is a medieval vestige located in the North, typical of medieval fortifications. It testifies to the local defensive organization at that time.
Castral motte de Bailleul
Motte féodale
61160 Bailleul

The castral motte of Bailleul is a medieval fortification of the eleventh century, located in Bailleul, Orne, Normandy. This oval terrace surrounded by ditches bears witness to the first defensive structures of land and wood in the region.
Kergorlay castral motte
Motte féodale
29270 Motreff

The castral motte of Kergorlay, built in the middle of the Middle Ages in Motreff, Brittany, is a 10 m high earth fortification, surrounded by a dry ditch, witness to local medieval defensive structures.