Cross at the access to la Baronnière

Dating ? Function ?

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

Characteristics

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Cupule 6 cm in diameter and 2 cm deep.

* Characteristics recorded in 2013 by Noëlle BERTRAND and François TABOURDEAU

Restoration / Repairs

Date of restoration and/or repairs :

This cross is mentioned as lying on the ground in the 2001 survey by the Territorial Services of Architecture and Heritage. It was moved a few dozen metres due to the sale of communal land.
Although it is not mentioned in the Napoleonic map (1865/2), its location corresponded to the access to the hamlet from the road "La Chapelle-Baloue - Le Châtelier".

How it was made

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.

Location

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

This cross is located at La Baronnière.

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