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Chibotte du bois de Lirate

Vals-près-le-Puy, Haute-Loire, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Chibotte du bois de Lirate (cad. AA 77) : inscription par arrêté du 28 avril 1986
Protection dates
1986/04/28 : inscrit MH
Type
cabane
Main period of construction
17e siècle, 19e siècle
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Vals-près-le-Puy
Département
Haute-Loire
Region
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Country
France
Coordinates
45.02388, 3.85399
Mérimée reference
PA00092909

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "La partie Septentrionale du Languedoc" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Cabanes en pierre sèches, appelées chibottes dans la région, appartenant à un vaste ensemble méditerranéen qui commença à voir le jour il y a plusieurs millénaires. Destinées à servir d'abris temporaires aux bergers et aux vignerons, les actuelles chibottes furent édifiées du 17e au 19e siècle. Ces cabanes ont un plan presque circulaire, dont seule la face percée d'une entrée forme un pan sensiblement droit. Des moëllons de toutes tailles en constituent à la fois les murs, le couvrement et la couverture. Ces moëllons sont posés à sec en tas-de-charge et forment coupole par le seul effet de leur poids. Piédroits et linteaux sont appareillés. La salle permet à plusieurs personnes de se tenir debout à l'intérieur. Créées dans le cadre d'une économie de subsistance, les chibottes furent construites avec des matériaux locaux.

English translation

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Cabins of dry stone, called chibottes in the region, belonging to a vast Mediterranean ensemble which began to emerge several millennia ago. Intended to serve as temporary shelters for shepherds and winemakers, the present chibottes were built from the 17th to the 19th century. These cabins have an almost circular plan, of which only the face pierced by an entrance forms a substantially straight side. Rubble stone of all sizes constitutes at once the walls, the interior covering and the roof. These stones are laid dry in a corbelling arrangement and form a dome by the sheer effect of their weight. Jambs and lintels are dressed. The interior space allows several people to stand upright inside. Created within the framework of a subsistence economy, the chibottes were constructed with local materials.

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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Base Mérimée, Ministère de la Culture, data last updated 2026-09-17, reused under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab). Record text is reproduced unchanged. Ministère de la Culture · Licence Ouverte 2.0
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