Cross of la Jaussée

Identity card

Inventory number: # 33

Commune : La Chapelle-Baloue

Visibility : This cross is not accessible, it is on private property

Presence of cupule : yes

Presence in the Napoleonic map : no

Dimensions* :

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Length of the head: 39 cm.

Cupule of 4 cm in diameter and 2 cm deep.

This cross was probably moved during the construction of the railway line and is now in a private garden.

* Characteristics recorded in 2013 by Noëlle BERTRAND and François TABOURDEAU

Date of restoration and/or repairs :

This cross has not been restored or repaired.

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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.

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

This cross is located on private property, it is not visible.