Graville Castle: Evolutions and conversions of a defensive building in France in the XVIIth and XVIIIth centuries

This study continues research on all the worksites of the royal engineers on buildings in the Marquisat of Graville in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. This study is of interest on several counts: firstly it allows study of the other royal worksites, in the light of many studies on the abandonment of Harfleur in favour of the port of Le Havre, the construction of which was begun by Francois 1er in 1517. We shall consider the main element of the Marquisat, namely le castle and its outbuildings. An understanding of its layout in the medieval period is a prerequisite for considering its conversion into a foundry. Finally, we shall look at the water tank, the last element of this Norman fort which is still standing.