Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Croix de carrefour des Friches
Saint-Martin, Morbihan, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- Croix de carrefour des Friches (cad. ZW 101) : inscription par arrêté du 25 février 1928
- Protection dates
- 1928/02/25 : inscrit MH
- Type
- croix de chemin
- Main period of construction
- 17e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Lieu-dit
- Saint-Mathurin
- Commune
- Saint-Martin
- Département
- Morbihan
- Region
- Bretagne
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 47.75716, -2.29924
- Mérimée reference
- PA00091696
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesIGN France — GéoportailDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1695 map "Carte de l'Evesche de Nantes." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Croix de carrefour située près du village des Friches. C'est une croix schiste monolithe blasonnée sur un socle de moëllons recouvert d'une dalle, avec pierre pointillée et gravée. Le blason figure sur les deux faces à la rencontre des bras de la croix, et porte trois coquilles.
English translation
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History
Crossroads cross located near the village of Les Friches. It is a monolithic slate cross blazoned on a base of rubble stone covered with a slab, with dotted and engraved stone. The coat of arms appears on both faces at the intersection of the arms of the cross, and bears three scallop shells.
Nearby in the register
- Château de Castellanchâteauunder 1 mi
- Manoir de Balangeard, au hameau de la Rivièremanoir3 mi
- Cimetièrecimetière3 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.