Le Duc Castle

Le Duc Castle, locally known as Château le Duc, lies in the woods east of the village of Ucimont, in the province of Luxembourg in the Wallonia region in Belgium.

Le Duc Castle probably wasn't a true castle. More likely, it was a Carolingian-era fortification (7th to 9th centuries) that fell under the jurisdiction of Bouillon. It is said to have been owned by the ancestors of Godfrey of Bouillon.

The site consisted of a roughly circular hilltop, protected on one side by a stone wall with two towers and two earthen walls, probably topped with wooden palisades.

Today, only the foundations of the walls, two towers, the earthen walls, and a cistern remain. There is not much to see, but the location is beautiful. The roughly 20-minute walk uphill through the woods is very enjoyable. At the supposed entrance, there is a simple, small reconstruction of how the site might have looked; however, even this is now ruined. The site of Le Duc Castle is freely accessible.

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