1958 William the Conqueror

One of the places Fifi and Jacques and I used to go was to an old ruined castle.  It was about 2 miles away and we would be gone all day.  Ruins really intrigued me, so I asked about it at school.  One of the girls told that it had been a lookout tower used by William the Conqueror, but I didn't really believe her.  She said we weren't supposed to go there, though, because it was dangerous.  When I asked my mother about it, she was appalled that we had gone there and told me not to tell my dad.

Partially restored

We explored everywhere and amazingly enough, never got more than cuts and bruises.  It would have been a longer ride home injured than the time Jacques fell out of the parachute tree.

Restoration

It wasn't until just now (April 23, 2017) that I decided to look it up and I was taken aback to find it.  Not only that, but it has been restored.  I can't believe it.

Restoration showing tower

"Former castle of the count of Evreux, of which the walls have been restored.  Medieval tower with viewpoint dominating the Seine Valley and pathway around walls with drawbridge.  Inside the walls, remnants of wood store and old chapel.  At the foot of the site, an old wash house has been completely restored."

William, Count of Evreux (died April 16, 1118) was a powerful member of the Norman aristocracy during the period following the Norman conquest of England.  He is one of the few documented to have been with William the Conqueror at the Battle of Hastings.

To think I used to climb around on these ruins.  I wish it was still wild and overgrown the way it was then.