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This isolated tower is an old keep built on the Moricq castle mound. The castle to which it was attached no longer exists today.

Impressive how it was built a long time ago

The Tour de Moricq has always been surrounded by legends. It was once said that an underground passage would connect it to the Angles church. Also, strange signs engraved on the north facade are said to be a plan to find a treasure buried in its depths. According to tradition, it would be a golden chest which would only be accessible at the time of the Sanctus of Midnight Mass, at Christmas. According to another legend, the tower was built by fairies in a single night.

Classified as a Historic Monument in 1915. Originally a sentinel at the edge of the mainland, then a prison and finally a granary, the Moricq Tower has suffered greatly, throughout its history, from the repeated insults of time and men. For more information on visits: 02 51 97 56 39

The Plessis menhirs were once an equilateral triangle of three large menhirs, each 100 meters apart, but now only two remain. The southern menhir is much smaller than its neighbor. There is an information board that tells the story of these historical monuments.

Do not hesitate to take the path for a hundred meters to see these two imposing menhirs listed as historical monuments since 1936. According to a description dating from 1841, they made up a group of 3 menhirs which formed an equilateral triangle of about 100 m next to. The largest of the three is a block of granite with a total length of 7 m, 3 m in diameter at the base. The third missing menhir, which was the smallest of the three, stood to the east of the first two and was destroyed around 1860.

It is a dolmen (known as n°1) forming part of a group of 3 neighboring dolmens together designated the "dolmens of Savatole". This one is on the side of the road, but the other two are in the middle of the fields.

At the end of a short walkable path stands the most beautiful dolmen in the Vendée, also known as "Pierre-Couverte", classified as a Historic Monument since 1889.