The Château de Puymartin is a castle in the commune of Marquay, in the Dordogne department of France. It stands between Sarlat, eight kilometers away, and Les Eyzies, eleven kilometers away. It was built in the 13th century, and the English took it in 1357.
The consuls of Sarlat bought the domain back but abandoned the castle. Radulphe de Saint-Clar bought it again in 1450 and enlarged it. In the 16th century Raymond de Saint-Clar defeated Protestants during the French Wars of Religion and expelled Huguenots from Sarlat.
The castle was finally abandoned in the 18th century. In the 19th century the marquis of Carbonnier de Marzac restored it in a neo-Gothic style. It is listed as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture.
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