Château d'Olivet Ruins

Saint-Laurent-de-Condel, France

Château d'Olivet was an motte-and-bailey castle in the Grimbosq forest. It was built in the 11th century by Erneis Taisson. The castle was demolished probably in the 17th century. The excavation and restoration of ruins was made in the 1970s.

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