Croix d’accès à l’ancien village de la Coquetière

Fiche d’identité

Numéro d’inventaire : # 35

Commune : Lafat

Visibility : Cross visible from a public space

Presence of cupule : yes

Presence in the Napoleonic map : no

Dimensions* :

  • height : 58 cm
  • length of arms : 51 cm
  • thickness : / cm

Dating ? Function ?

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

Characteristics

*

The cupule is confused with a cleavage in the granite giving it a false oval shape; it is estimated to be 5 cm in diameter and 2 cm deep.
In fact, a machine struck it open a fissure, the cupule is now in the fissure.

It is located on a parcel of land called " La croix - The Cross", near fields called " Les Vieux Coquetiers - The Old Egg Cups" and a parcel of land called "Le coudert des morts - The Mound of the Dead" where a small mound containing the dead was still visible in the 1950s.

The old village was abandoned during a plague epidemic.

* Characteristics recorded in 2013 by Noëlle BERTRAND and François TABOURDEAU

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Restoration / Repairs

Date of restoration and/or repairs :

In 2020, it was found broken and the fallen piece was recovered.
It should be fastened back together with resin.

It was at the foot of a tree whose stump is still visible.
Two trees should be replanted, oak or hornbeam.

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 D49A going towards La Coquetière.

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