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The fort was built by the men of Savoy in 1312 on the hill of
Mont Bertrand, near the road leading to La Chapelle Blanche, on
a site overlooking the Bréda creek canyon. It was an ideal point
of observation to watch the Dauphinois village and castle of
Avalon..
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On the site, the layout of the moats built in front of the
fort can still be seen, on the westward side facing Savoy. A
curtain of trees follows the
elevation created with the digging of the ground from the moats.
Near the cliff, the trace of the foundations of a round tower
about 6 meters (18 feet) in diameter can still be seen in the
grass. An attached wall heads northward and seems to surround
the hill. Eastward, the place of another round tower can also be
seen in the grass. |
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The Fort of Mont-Briton - The Site
