Cross at the access to l’Age-Boireau

Identity card

Inventory number: # 32

Commune : La Chapelle-Baloue

Visibility : Cross visible from a public space

Presence of cupule : yes

Presence in the Napoleonic map : no

Dimensions* :

To find out more, let's dig into the depths of the territory's history...

*

Cupule of 5 cm in diameter.

According to Mr Cartaud, former mayor and owner of the cross plot, this cross disappeared around 1999.

According to Mr Lefort, who saw it on his walks, it disappeared in 2010.

Then, it reappeared when the hedge trimmer passed by in 2015.
Scratched on the arm, it is however whole.

* Characteristics recorded in 2013 by Noëlle BERTRAND and François TABOURDEAU

Date of restoration and/or repairs :

This cross has not been restored or repaired.

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Granite is ubiquitous here, it is everywhere in the fields

Each of the inventoried crosses was made by a different stonemason.

However, it seems that they all used the same model or « pattern ».

Each carver made his sculpture from some local granite stone known as a fieldstone.

Find out more with the expertise of Didier Fauguet, stone sculptor and carver.

Crozant type crosses are located between Oïl and Oc on the territory of the "croissant marchois".

This cross is located on the road from La Chapelle-Baloue to L’Age-Boireau