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Le château des Escotais is a ruined fortified castle located at the lieu-dit Les Écotais, in Jublains, Mayenne. The fief is mentioned in the 13th century under the form "Feodum Descotes". During the Hundred Years' War, Jean des Escotais maintained a garrison there opposed to the English; the castle, partly destroyed in 1422, was subsequently rebuilt. It passed to the Montdamer family in the 16th century, then to the d'Andigné family in the 17th century. Ruined around 1760, it served as a stone quarry in the 19th century. The site features an irregular enclosure of about 50 metres in diameter, surrounded by masonry moats that still hold water, five to seven metres wide and fed by the Ruisseau du Moulin Neuf. The remains of eight towers, a keep and the curtain walls are built of small granite blocks; they retain medieval arrow loops and gun ports from the 15th-century reconstruction. No protection as a historic monument has been identified. As a privately owned site, it is not open to organised visits.