Cross at the access to la Roche-Blond

Identity card

Inventory number: # 42

Commune : Fresselines

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 : 38 cm.

Cupule with a diameter of 3 cm and a depth of 2 cm.

This cross was moved a few dozen metres c1975 and mounted on a millstone

* 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.