Chischliun (Castliun)

En un regard

Le château en bref

Chischliun (Castliun) is a hill spur levelled into two terraces, in the municipality of Sumvitg (Grisons, Surselva), north of the village and near the hamlet of Laits, at about 1260 m above sea level. Described in the 1930s as a medieval defensive work, the plateau was probed in 1940–1941 without datable finds, but with an occupation layer and a dry-stone wall about 2 m thick. An early medieval iron belt buckle, found in 1942, provided a first chronological marker. In 2006, the construction of the access path cut through a mortared wall and revealed remains of a Bronze Age occupation, as well as other structures (dry-stone walls, a possible cistern) perhaps dating to the early Middle Ages. Mortar traces on the upper plateau suggest a medieval defensive settlement that the written sources do not name directly. A link with the lords of Pontaningen (attested from 1252) or with a "castrum Castliun" mentioned in the 17th century remains possible but unproven.