. Rheims and the battles for its possession . ALL THAT REMAINS OF BERMERICOURT VILLACE Brimont Fort and Chateau (See Itinerary, p. 134, and summary of the Military Operations, p. 154.) Situated to the west of the road from Rheims to Neufchatel (formerly aRoman causeway which crossed the hill at Cran de Brimont) Brimont wasalready important in Roman times. It was fortified in the Middle Ages,and traces of its ancient fortifications are still to be found on the hill. Thediscovery of a Roman tomb in 1790 caused considerable excitement in archaeo-logical circles, as it was believed to be the buria
. Rheims and the battles for its possession . ALL THAT REMAINS OF BERMERICOURT VILLACE Brimont Fort and Chateau (See Itinerary, p. 134, and summary of the Military Operations, p. 154.) Situated to the west of the road from Rheims to Neufchatel (formerly aRoman causeway which crossed the hill at Cran de Brimont) Brimont wasalready important in Roman times. It was fortified in the Middle Ages,and traces of its ancient fortifications are still to be found on the hill. Thediscovery of a Roman tomb in 1790 caused considerable excitement in archaeo-logical circles, as it was believed to be the burial-place of the Frankish ChiefPharamond who, according to one chronicler, had been buried on a hillocknear Rheims. In 1339, during the siege of Rheims by the English, the Duke of Lancasterhad his camp at RUINS OF BRIMONT VILLAGE In the foreground, on the left: Road to Brimont Fort. On the right: Beginning of the road to the Chateau {entirely destroyed.) 153
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