Remains of a medieval watchtower on the Zamkowa rock in Łutowiec, entered in the heritage register; a short section of wall has survived.
The watchtower in Łutowiec stood on the Zamkowa rock, north of the village's present-day buildings. Today it no longer exists: a fragment of stone wall remains of the structure, and the site itself is entered in the heritage register as a medieval defensive watchtower of the 14th century.
Archaeological research by Czesław Hadamik showed that the stronghold had two parts: the watchtower proper on the rock and a lower outer bailey on the south side of the rock, surrounded by a perimeter wall. The tower itself was small. The shape of the ground at the foot of the rock indicates ancillary buildings protected by a rampart and moat. Excavations were carried out in 2005, 2006 and 2011.
Only indirect traces survive, so the builder is not known. Researchers have put forward three hypotheses: that the watchtower belonged to the system of the Eagles' Nests from the time of Casimir the Great, that it was built by Władysław Opolczyk in the 1370s or 1380s, or that it was a small castle of the Lis family of Koziegłowy. At the beginning of the 15th century the village was already in private hands, from 1408 it belonged to the Koziegłowski family, from 1445 to Jan Hińcza of Rogów, and from 1487 to the Myszkowski family. The stronghold probably began to decline at the turn of the 15th and 16th centuries.
A section of wall about 0.6 m thick and about 4.5 m long has survived to this day. It is a monument for people who like to read the landscape and the traces of old fortifications, not a site with interiors to look around. In the neighbourhood lie two larger strongholds of the Jura: Mirów Castle and Bobolice Castle, and a little further on the rocks of the Mirów Rocks.
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