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Sacred hillYonne

Roche des Fées

Quarré-les-Tombes

Dimensions
chaos of granite boulders in the Morvan massif
Period
Natural granite formation; legend recorded as early as 1854 by the abbé Jacques Baudiau
What stands there
1 rocky chaos, hamlet of Les Îles-Ménéfriers

This chaos of granite boulders, typical of the Morvan, one of whose stones suggests a bed, has been associated since at least 1854 — the year the abbé Jacques Baudiau recorded the tale — with a fairy whose "cauldron, tub and bed" local folklore points out. A natural formation and a legend both well documented in the oral tradition of the Morvan, later taken up by the folklorist Pierre Saintyves.

Patrimoine du Morvan — Roche des Fées ↗

Getting there : Path about 500 m from a waymarked hiking route, car park available

Opening times and access details are given as a guide only: check before you set out.

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