Calers Manor

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Calers Manor (Caler, Kaler in older documents) is located at the locality of the same name, west of the village of Ménéac, in Morbihan. It was the seat of a former seigneury, the cradle of the Caler family, which gave it its name. The 1513 reformation of the nobility mentions the "manoir et métairie de Kaler" as a noble property, then held by Karo de Bodegat. The estate subsequently changed hands several times through alliances and sales: it passed successively to the families of Bodegat, La Chastaigneraie, Apuril, Vollant, Cervon, de Montesson and du Plessis-Grénédan. A neighbouring estate, the Bosc-Caler, was merged into the seigneury. The manor had a private chapel dedicated to Saint Roch, now in ruins. The Caler family also originally owned the neighbouring seigneury of La Riaye. The sources consulted do not describe the architecture of the building and do not allow its construction to be dated. Near the locality, a circular enclosure with a double rampart of about three hectares, at the edge of a pond, is recorded as an ancient camp.