Pierres Jaumâtres

Toulx-Sainte-Croix

This granite chaos, its shapes worked by periglacial erosion, bears popular names (la Bascule, l'Oratoire, le Berceau du Diable) and inspired George Sand's novel *Jeanne* in 1844. In the early 19th century the local politician Jean-François Barailon claimed the rocks had been "carved by Gaulish druids for bloody rites" — a theory explicitly refuted by Prosper Mérimée and the archaeologist Pierre de Cessac, and to be treated as a 19th-century legend rather than established fact. Classified site since 1927.

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Getting there : Free access, waymarked footpaths from Toulx-Sainte-Croix, classified site since 1927

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

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