Cross of the Chantôme cemetery

Fiche d’identité

Numéro d’inventaire : # 16

Commune : Eguzon-Chantôme

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...

*

Oval cupule measuring 6 cm x 7 cm and 3 cm deep.

This cross is simply placed on an old grave. It was carved from the same granite as the Gâne cross. The granite is very eroded.

* Characteristics recorded in 2013 by Noëlle BERTRAND and François TABOURDEAU

Date of restoration and/or repairs :

This cross has not been restored or repaired.

Learn more about the repairs

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.

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

This cross is located inside the cemetery of Chantôme.

You can discover this cross and the heritage of this area during a 14 km walk prepared by KLEPSYDRA.