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Fours des Gravelets

Montmartin-sur-Mer, Manche, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Fours (cad. B 173 lieudit Les Carrières ; A 272 lieudit Les Pièces du Fourneau) : inscription par arrêté du 5 mars 1996
Protection dates
1996/03/05 : inscrit MH
Type
four à chaux
Main period of construction
19e siècle
Ownership
propriété privée, propriété d'une société privée
Lieu-dit
les Carrières ; les Pièces du Fourneau
Commune
Montmartin-sur-Mer
Département
Manche
Region
Normandie
Country
France
Coordinates
48.99328, -1.52346
Mérimée reference
PA50000002

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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

Ces fours à chaux, construits au 19e siècle, présentent le dispositif classique de galerie contournant la base. Deux conduits, utilisés pour la modulation du tirage et pour le déchargement descendent du four vers l'extérieur, de part et d'autre de la galerie, et aboutissent à l'orifice de décharge. Ils ont cessé de servir après 1914.

English translation

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These lime kilns, built in the 19th century, display the classical device of a gallery surrounding the base. Two conduits, used for modulating the draught and for unloading, descend from the kiln to the outside, on either side of the gallery, and terminate at the discharge opening. They ceased to be used after 1914.

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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