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Pigeonnier troglodyte de Font-d'Erbies

Crégols, Lot, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Le pigeonnier troglodyte (cad. C 135) : inscription par arrêté du 16 janvier 2012
Protection dates
2012/01/16 : inscrit MH
Type
pigeonnier
Main period of construction
17e siècle, 18e siècle, 19e siècle
Ownership
propriété privée
Commune
Crégols
Département
Lot
Region
Occitanie
Country
France
Coordinates
44.41370, 1.68354
Mérimée reference
PA46000052

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1628 map "Potamographie de Garone et des Fleuves qui Rendent Dedans." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Le pigeonnier est implanté au-dessus d'une résurgence sur un arc maçonné. Il est de facture très vernaculaire et sa date de construction se situe entre le 17ème et le 19ème siècle. C'est également le cas du mur de la retenue d'eau, mis en place pour alimenter un petit moulin dont il ne reste que des ruines. Ce modèle d'adaptation à la géomorphie locale avec des utilisations multiples des ressources semble unique en son genre.

English translation

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The dovecote is built above a resurgence on a masonry arch. It is of very vernacular workmanship and its construction date lies between the 17th and 19th centuries. The same is true of the water retention wall, put in place to supply a small mill of which only ruins remain. This model of adaptation to local geomorphology with multiple uses of resources appears to be unique of its kind.

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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