Ferme forte du Fossé

Le Fossé is a lowland stronghold situated in the heart of a wetland area. It consists of a group of buildings surrounded by moats. You enter through a 15th-century gateway. Inside the courtyard, surrounded by a wall pierced with loopholes, stands a typical Renaissance dwelling. The whole complex is a listed building.
The ground floor of the main building contains a small two-bay vaulted oratory and a kitchen with a basket-handle vault resting on a central pillar. The buildings are mentioned for the first time in Bèze's chronicle. A major change in the appearance of the buildings occurred during the Wars of Religion. In 1591, Pierre d'Anglure, Lord of Guyonvelle and a member of the League, laid siege to and ruined this "pernicious and dangerous" house because of its proximity to the Dijon/Langres road.
During the Revolution, the property was bought as national property by Charles François Dupuis, a member of the Convention and author of L'Origine de tous les Cultes. He had been in great danger under the Terror and Le Fossé was a refuge for him. He chaired the National Assembly at the time of the Concordat. He died in Le Fossé in 1809. His tomb, listed as a historic monument, is in the Echevannes cemetery.