Château de Coët-Candec, Medieval castle in Locmaria-Grand-Champ, France

Château de Coët-Candec stands in ruins at the hamlet of Coët-Candec, south of the Chohan woods in Locmaria-Grand-Champ. A main building is enclosed by two concentric rings of walls: the outer one, four metres high with ditches and several surviving towers, was entered through a fortified gate to the north. In the east wing of the main lodging remain a polygonal spiral staircase tower, a projecting forepart and a south-west corner tower. Pale beige and grey masonry crumbles along the tops, with trees and bushes growing against the walls.

The castle was built in the 13th century and heavily remodelled in the 15th, when the central part was rebuilt. It belonged to the Chohan family in the 14th century, then passed to the La Bourdonnaye in the 17th. In the 19th century openings were widened, mullions removed and plaster and Hungarian-point parquet floors added. The estate was abandoned in the 1950s, leaving ruins; the Amis de Coëtcandec association was founded in 2014.

The castle belonged to the Chohan family in the 14th century, then passed to the La Bourdonnaye in the 17th. Two fireplaces carved with coats of arms once decorated the interior; they were listed as objects in 1958 and moved to the Château de Pontivy in 1961. The Amis de Coëtcandec association was founded in 2014 to restore the site.

The site is now in the care of a community group dedicated to its preservation and regular maintenance. Visitors should check conditions in advance as access may be limited depending on ongoing restoration work.

The two carved chimneys bearing coats of arms were listed as objects in their own right on 19 December 1958, twelve years before the castle itself was inscribed on 8 May 1939 — the protection of the fireplaces came first. They were moved to the Château de Pontivy in 1961.