El Castell de Lloberola stands on a hill that rises above the left bank of the Riera de Lloberola, a tributary of the Riera de Sallent. The fortress is located halfway between the planes of Solsonès and the valley of Llobregós. It maintains a visual connection with the castle of Ribelles. The oldest part of the site is a wall that enclosed the northwest sector of the hill, of which several sections made of large stone blocks joined with lime mortar are still preserved.
The northern wall, with a preserved segment of 8 meters long and 2 meters high, suggests there were approximately 23 meters of wall closing the entire northern side. The construction style of these remains indicates the existence of a closing wall defended by two or three quadrangular towers. This wall is dated to the Islamic era, significantly before the year 1000.
A second phase of construction included a small trapezoidal tower on the southern side, currently standing about 6 meters high but originally much taller. The walls still retain the holes for the beams of the roof. In a subsequent period, the original small trapezoidal tower was coated externally to make it taller and reinforce its walls. This outer tower has walls 120 cm thick and stands 2 meters higher than the first, with rounded corners at the southeast and southwest angles.
Sources: Wikipedia, OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons
Written by Nik Frost
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