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Ermitage Saint-Gerbold

Gratot, Manche, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, classified (classé)
Protection
classé MH
Extent of protection
Ermitage (cad. A 479) : classement par arrêté du 12 octobre 1995
Protection dates
1995/10/12 : classé MH
Type
ermitage
Main period of construction
limite 14e siècle 15e siècle
Later work
1ère moitié 17e siècle
Ownership
propriété privée
Lieu-dit
la Chapelle Saint-Gerbold
Commune
Gratot
Département
Manche
Region
Normandie
Country
France
Coordinates
49.07018, -1.47421
Mérimée reference
PA00110668

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1773 map "2me. Carte Particuliere des Costes de Normandie." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Cet ermitage constitue un témoignage unique de la vie érémitique dans le département de la Manche. La chapelle a été construite à la charnière des 14e et 15e siècles, puis a été transformée en ermitage au 17e siècle (vers 1620) , jusqu'en 1830, date de la mort du dernier ermite. Depuis, l'ermitage est laissé à l'abandon ; la voûte s'est effondrée en 1947-1948.

English translation

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This hermitage constitutes a unique testimony to hermitic life in the department of Manche. The chapel was built at the turn of the 14th and 15th centuries, then was transformed into a hermitage in the 17th century (around 1620), until 1830, the date of the death of the last hermit. Since then, the hermitage has been left abandoned; the vault collapsed in 1947-1948.

Nearby in the register

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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