Château de Malengin, Medieval castle ruins in Montagne, France

Château de Malengin is a 14th-century fortified house ruin on a rocky promontory above a small valley in Montagne. Two grey stone wall fragments remain, the taller left one pierced by a rectangular window and a smaller round opening, joined by a lower connecting wall; all tops are broken and uneven, and a climbing plant covers the lower-left face. A stream below runs a few hundred metres to the Barbanne.

An English king granted permission in the 14th century to build a fortified residence at this location, which later developed into a strategic stronghold. Over the centuries the structure was modified multiple times to withstand the military technology of its era.

The name Malengin comes from Gaillard de Malengin, the 14th-century lord granted the right to build the fortified house; whether the place or the man bore it first is unknown. The barony passed in 1472 to the Lur-Saluces family through Pierre de Lur's marriage to Isabelle de Montferrand, and remained with them until recently.

The ruins stand on a rocky promontory above a small valley, reached by the communal Route de Malengin off the D130 between Saint-Christophe-des-Bardes and Puisseguin, in the Parsac parish. The site is unmaintained: walls are broken and uneven, with vegetation and a climbing plant on the lower masonry, so watch your footing and keep to the visible ground.

Excavations at the site have uncovered worked flint fragments showing that people occupied this location long before the castle was built. These findings reveal that the area attracted human settlement in prehistoric times.