Motte-and-bailey castle

Motte-and-bailey castle of the Petit-Besle

motte castrale du Petit-Besle

France Estouteville-Écalles monument historique inscrit
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La motte castrale du Petit-Besle () is a former château à motte located in the French commune of Buchy in the Seine-Maritime department of Normandy. The castral mound, the adjoining ditch and the ground of the plot are registered as historical monuments by order of 18 May 2005. The Petit-Besle castral motte is separated from a distance of about 400 m from the medieval fortification known as Grand-Besle, also known as Château du Plessis. The Grand Besle site is listed as historical monuments by order of 18 May 2005.