When was the fortified house built?

The tower dates from the second half of the thirteenth century, though the site is first documented in records from 1407.

What defensive features surrounded the house?

It was protected by ditches with masonry walls and initially defended by a drawbridge, converted to a fixed arch in the eighteenth century.

What buildings form part of the site?

In addition to the main square tower, there is a round turret serving as a pigeon house, a cellar, and a building block attached to the tower before the nineteenth century.

Fortified house of La Boissière

Ciron

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Not open to visitors

Privately owned, not open to visitors.

Source: Parc naturel régional de la Brenne, courriel du 20 septembre 2026

Where: Ciron

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Maison forte de la Boissière stands in Ciron (Indre), in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France. The building is registered as a historic monument (dating recorded in the Mérimée database: limite 13th century 14th century, limite 16th century 17th century). The building is not open to visitors.

The fortified house of la Boissière, built in the second half of the thirteenth century near Ciron, is a tower with an almost square plan that its occupants gradually modified from the fifteenth to the eighteenth century. Originally comprising a lower hall and two upper storeys, it was protected by ditches and a drawbridge, later converted to a fixed arch during subsequent works. The complex, expanded with a pigeon tower and outbuildings, demonstrates the evolution of a minor seigneurial stronghold across multiple periods.

What to know

The protected estate includes the main tower, the attached building, the ditches with their masonry, the entrance gate, and the fixed bridge.
The house was left abandoned from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century before undergoing repairs to its defensive structures.
The building was registered as a historic monument in 2004.

Where this château is

Ciron · Indre · Centre-Val de Loire

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Address

6 Chem. de la Fontaine, 36300 Ciron

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Château phone number

+33 2 54 37 95 92

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Heritage status: Registered historic monument (inscrit); Mérimée record PA36000015
Period of construction: limite 13th century 14th century, limite 16th century 17th century

Frequently asked

When was the fortified house built?: The tower dates from the second half of the thirteenth century, though the site is first documented in records from 1407.
What defensive features surrounded the house?: It was protected by ditches with masonry walls and initially defended by a drawbridge, converted to a fixed arch in the eighteenth century.
What buildings form part of the site?: In addition to the main square tower, there is a round turret serving as a pigeon house, a cellar, and a building block attached to the tower before the nineteenth century.