Château de Prunget, Medieval castle in Tendu, France.

The Château de Prunget is a medieval fortification in Tendu with a Romanesque keep, flat buttresses and defensive features at its summit. Watchtowers at each corner strengthened its ability to defend the surrounding land.

The Château de Prunget is recorded from the 13th century, when it belonged to Hugh of Gargilesse and formed part of a chain of fortifications across the region. Its position above Tendu let it watch the land between rival holdings. The Romanesque keep, with flat buttresses and a defended summit, dates from this medieval phase of the site.

The name Prunget comes from the family that held the seigneurie; the castle keep still carries their mark on the landscape above Tendu. Local memory ties the site to the medieval frontier between Berry and the English-held lands to the west, and the old hospital beside it served travellers on the road. The mound and walls remain landmarks for residents walking the commune.

The château is private property and not open to visitors, so the building itself cannot be entered. Its keep and corner towers can be seen from the lanes around Tendu, and the feudal mound beside it is reached on foot from the village. The ground is uneven, so wear suitable shoes.

Next to the castle sits an older feudal mound, an archaeological reminder of earlier settlement and defense of the site. Together with a former hospital building, these structures once formed a defensive line between English and French territories.