Abstract
Avranches’ keep remains constitute a witness of Anglo-Norman knowledge on castle building. Their similarity with other buildings such as Ivry-la-Bataille castle or London Tower required determining the place of Avranches keep in this group: pioneer or imitation? Therefore, samples of brick for luminescence dating were taken from the remaining little tower. Results indicate a chronology later than assumed: second part of the 12th century and first part of 13th century. These dates tend to prove that north-east tower remains would correspond to a reconstruction phase and not to the original construction.