Croix d’accès à la Chaudronnière

Fiche d’identité

Numéro d’inventaire : # 8

Commune : Crozant

Visibility : Cross visible from a public space

Presence of cupule : yes

Presence in the Napoleonic map : no

Dimensions* :

  • height : 75 cm
  • length of arms : 42 cm
  • thickness : 11 cm

Dating ? Function ?

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

Characteristics

*

Cupule of 4 cm in diameter and 2 cm deep.

* Characteristics recorded in 2013 by Noëlle BERTRAND and François TABOURDEAU

Learn more about the cupules

Restoration / Repairs

Date of restoration and/or repairs :

This cross was fixed using cement on a stone base, but the cement is cracked and the cross has become wobbly.
The off-shoots of the tree were putting pressure on it and it was in danger of falling.

In the spring of 2021, it was taken to Didier Fauguet's workshop for restoration.
The tree's off-shoots must now be cut back regularly.

Learn more about the repairs

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.

Cependant, il semble qu’ils aient utilisé the same model ou “patron”.

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

Find out more with l’expertise de Didier Fauguet, stone sculptor and carver.

Location

Les croix de type Crozant sont implantées entre Oïl and Oc sur le territoire du “croissant marchois”.

This cross is located on the approach to place La Chaudronnière

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Walks and Cycle rides

The walks

Vous pourrez découvrir cette croix au cours d’une balade à pied de 8 km walk north of Crozant.

Go for a walk !

Vous pourrez découvrir cette croix au cours d’une balade à pied de 12,6 km au départ de l’Age-Quatre-Maux.

Go on the blue hyacinths walk !