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Le château en bref
The Château de Tronchâteau stands at Cléguer, in the Morbihan, on a spur overlooking the valley of the Scorff. The site is first mentioned as early as 1009 under the Latin name Truncus Castri in the documents published by Dom Morice. In the thirteenth century the lordship belonged to Pierre de Bretagne; in the fourteenth century Duke Jean III ceded it to his son Jean, and in 1455 Duke Pierre II granted it to Jean de Malestroit. The medieval fortress was enclosed by ramparts flanked by large towers, and a mill was associated with it at the outlet of the Étang de Tronchâteau. Ruined during the Revolutionary period, it was replaced in 1812 by a new château built on its site; the features of the former fortress should therefore not be attributed to the present building. The regional Inventory mentions the mill and the moats. The Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Bonne-Nouvelle at Cléguer preserves the memory of the lordship through the tomb known as the tomb of the Lady of Tronchâteau. The estate is privately owned and could not be visited during the Inventory survey.