Chêne du Pouldu

Saint-Jean-Brévelay

This pedunculate oak, nicknamed the “patriarch of Armorica”, stands at the hamlet of Le Pouldu. Listed as a natural monument since 1909, its hollow trunk could shelter up to ten people; a large part of it has fallen, and the tree now forms an arch of wood. Oral tradition links it to the passage of Caesar and the Roman legions after their victory over the Veneti, makes it a shelter for the sheep of the stonecutters of Josselin castle, a hiding place during the Revolution, a German guard post during the Second World War. The heiresses of the Count of Lanjuinais gave it to the community, on condition that the oak be “left rooted until it falls from old age or force majeure”.

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Getting there : Free, 3.5 km from Saint-Jean-Brévelay by the D 778, at the hamlet of Le Pouldu

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

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