Meursac enclosure

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Le château en bref

The enclosure at Meursac, listed as a monument historique on 6 October 1936 and situated on private property at the locality known as "le Château", most probably corresponds to the feudal motte that the commune places "Chez Bonneau", locally called "le Chatia". It is a mound of earth that once supported a wooden structure, surrounded by a circular ditch four to five metres deep, datable to the 11th or 12th centuries. Long presented as a "former Gaulish camp", following an old postcard, this attribution is rejected by the commune: the techniques and structure do not match those of Gaulish oppida. Excavations and archival research are still needed. The site, in a wood badly damaged by the storm of 1999, is not secured and public access is prohibited.