Château de Beaufort

The Château de Beaufort is a ruined castle located along the upper reaches of the river Loire in France.

Perched on a rocky headland overhanging the granitic rocks of the Margeride, the fortress is today a ruined shell.

"In this pleasant humour I came down the hill to where Goudet stands in a green end of a valley, with Château Beaufort opposite upon a rocky steep, and the stream, as clear as crystal, lying in a deep pool between them.

The site includes an enceinte, partly rebuilt in the 15th century, which surrounded the fortress halfway up the hill.

Inside the enceinte, the vestiges on the ground or hidden provide little help to suggest how the inhabited parts were divided.