Ouren Castle Traditional Cache

The castle ruin is located in the southern part of East Belgium, close to the borders of Luxembourg. The castle plateau is situated on a shale rock which is protruding by an off-set into the valley of the river Our. To the North, West and East the castle hill is surrounded by the river Our. Through a slight depression in the South the access to the castle plateau is attained. Mostly timbered ridges of mountains of the East Ardennes are extending on both sides of the stream course on altitudes of approximately 400 to 539 meters above level Ostend.

Today the former castle is considered being an archaeological site. On the surface there are still remains of the foundations and parts of the former enclosing walls visible. Because of the scanty written sources, knowledge on the building history and historical development of the castle and the place is only attainable by archaeological methods.