Camp of Bierre

The Camp of Bierre , or also Camp of Beer , is a prehistoric, Celtic and Gallo-Roman archeological site, located on the commune of Merri, in the Orne.

It is a prehistoric camp of origin, with three enclosures (tri castrum) . It consists of a complex of buildings, is protected by ditches and triple enclosure from ground and dry stone. It was occupied Neolithic at the period Gallo-Roman E.

The site

The Camp of Bierre is located on a rocky outcrop and timbered dominating the plain of Trun. It covers a surface of 8 ha, delimited in north by the valley of the Dives, and in the west and the east by two small valleys.

History and description

Old and average Neolithic era

  • Presence of flint and shards attesting the occupation.

  • Construction of the median stopping.

Final bronze and first age of Iron

  • Construction of the principal enclosure, at the end of the spur. One can then speak about a Celtic site . The occupation of the site at that time is most important, as the great number of found shards attests it.

Gallo-Roman time

  • Presence of tiles and common ceramics attesting an occupation.

The Middle Ages

  • Last state of the enclosure. Medieval shards in the surface layers of the enclosure.

  • the ground is given in 1239 to the Holy-Marguerite abbey of Vignats (Canton of Morteaux-Couliboeuf, Calvados).

XIXe century

  • the site is put in culture, and the enclosures become stone drains.

Excavations

Important excavations took place in 1980. A building site of restoration of the enclosure was held in 2003. This restoration related mainly to the release of the Parement S of the enceinte.
Since 2005, surveys made it possible to document the rampart protohistoric and to specify the general Stratigraphie site. The excavations take place during the summer.

Classification, notoriety of the site

Known and mentioned since the XVIIIe century, the site was classified Historic building in 1908. In its part best preserved, the enclosure independent measurement still 32 m base width, on a height of 7 Mr. It is recognized like one of the prehistoric sites most important of the West of France. 5 hectares out of 8 belong to the General advice of the Orne.

Visit

The visit is free. Visits with accompanying notes take place, each summer.

Parking to a few hundred meters, then access by an easy path.

Bonds

  • the Camp of Bierre, archeological site of the Flowering ash, downloadable booklet, General advice of the Flowering ash

  • Camp of Beer, general Inventory of the cultural heritage
  • Camp of Beer with Merri, Inheritance of France
  • Photographs of the Camp of Bierre, Structurae

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