Cross at the access to Les Ecures

Dating ? Function ?

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

Characteristics

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Cupule of 5 cm diameter and 4 cm deep.

* Characteristics recorded in 2013 by Noëlle BERTRAND and François TABOURDEAU

Restoration / Repairs

Date of restoration and/or repairs :

This cross is shown on the Napoleonic map at the crossroads with the Saint-Sébastien road (sheet 1865/15).
It was broken by the EDF when installing a pole in 1994, it was then reinstalled a few metres away.

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 in the hamlet of l'Age-Quatre-Maux at the crossroads of a path leading to Les Ecures

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