Situated to the west of the road from Rheims to Neufchâtel (formerly a Roman causeway which crossed the hill at Cran de Brimont) Brimont was already 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. The discovery of a Roman tomb in 1790 caused considerable excitement in archæological circles, as it was believed to be the burial-place of the Frankish Chief Pharamond who, according to one chronicler, had been buried on a hillock near Rheims.
In 1339, during the siege of Rheims by the English, the Duke of Lancaster had his camp at Brimont.
RUINS OF BRIMONT VILLAGE
In the foreground, on the left: Road to Brimont Fort. On the right: Beginning of the road to the Château (entirely destroyed).
RUINS OF THE CHURCH OF BRIMONT
On several occasions, since September, 1914, the Germans deported the inhabitants of Brimont and Coucy to the Ardennes. The village is now destroyed and its church a heap of ruins.
The church was built at the beginning of the 15th century.
The four last bays of the nave, which was partly Romanesque, were altered in the middle of the 16th century.