Tuesday, April 21, 2020

Les bories du Périgord

Yesterday Ken posted a photo of a ceramic model of a dry-stone shepherd's hut typical in the Périgord Noir region of France, near the Dordogne River. It got me thinking that I had a few photos of those from our trip down there in 2006. A quick check revealed that I never posted those here. So, it's a blast from the past!

Bories in the Périgord. Maybe I'll post a few more photos from this 2006 trip.
Some of them are already posted: click on the "dordogne" label at the bottom of this post or in the side bar.

These are called bories and they're made with pierres-sèches (dry stones), meaning that there is no mortar used in their construction, just stones stacked with a lot of skill. The huts were used as storage cabins in vineyards and shelters for shepherds moving their flocks to and from pasture. We visited a rural museum where several of these huts are preserved. I don't remember much more than the huts and the numerous chickens, ducks, and geese that roamed the property.
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5 comments:

  1. anne marie in philly21 April, 2020 13:17

    there are many walls in this area that are stone constructed in this manner. goes back to our colonial heritage.

    I see you added a pix of bert; YAYZ!

    hope you and ken are safe and well. our governor has us on lockdown until may 8 now; he extended the deadline yesterday.

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  2. Anonymous21 April, 2020 16:18

    I love them! Similar to the trulli of southern Italy. L from Delmar

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  3. Seine Judeet (Judith)21 April, 2020 16:27

    Amazing, aren't they!?

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  4. Moving with Mitchell21 April, 2020 17:10

    Exquisite. I clicked on the link to your post and remembered the title as Boris de Beauregard. (Close.)

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  5. wcs22 April, 2020 07:09

    anne marie, we're in "confinement" as they call it in France until at least May 11. Then there may be a progressive "deconfinement." Not sure how that will look yet.

    l from delmar, cool!

    judy, yes!

    mitch, very close. I think his nickname is Bo-beau. ;)

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