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Pierre-francois
August 18, 2025
Hiking
🪨 The dry stone walls on Mount Pelée (Corrèze) are much more than just landscape features: they are silent witnesses to ancestral know-how and a deeply rooted rural history.
🧱 Their role and origins:
Delimitation of agricultural plots: These walls were used to mark the boundaries between plots of land, often used for growing vines or raising livestock.
Clearing stones from fields: Stones extracted from the limestone soils of the Causse were reused to build these walls, preventing them from interfering with crops.
Erosion protection: On the steep slopes of Puy Lagar, the walls stabilize the soil and limit runoff.
🧱 Their role and origins:
Delimitation of agricultural plots: These walls were used to mark the boundaries between plots of land, often used for growing vines or raising livestock.
Clearing stones from fields: Stones extracted from the limestone soils of the Causse were reused to build these walls, preventing them from interfering with crops.
Erosion protection: On the steep slopes of Puy Lagar, the walls stabilize the soil and limit runoff.
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