SAINT PELLERIN

Eglise Eglise Notre-Dame, a church dating fro the 13th century. Elegant lancets. The bell tower is an 18th century addition, terminating in a bell-shaped dome topped by a wrought iron cross held in place by barge-boards. The entrance to the graveyard has retained its two stiles on either side of the gate. Ferme-château du Bois : a 17th century fortified farm characteristic of the reign of Louis XIII, sober but noble in style. Entry to the courtyard is trough a main gate with two monumental pillars, topped with coping stones imitating four-sided  domes. To the rear : the 17th century dwelling, its main part with two small pavilions at the corners, including fire slits pointing towards the main door ! High casement windows and surbased dormer windows with triangular pediments. Openings with square-sectioned Louis XIII mullions, without moulding. To the left, row of barns and cart-shed : to the right, outbuildings with, in the corner, a large square dovecot : a moat separates the castle from the farmyard. Manoir de Sillans : large limestone farm which retains a 16th century semi-circular arched door and a large chamfered window with a grill. Modernised in the 17/18th centuries. La Marinière : an imposing farm, enclosed, with fine 16th century remains. Timber cart-shed. Roman road : It went from Crociatonum(St Côme du Mont) to Vieux in Calvados, via St Hialire, the hill at Sillans, the church at St pellerin, the "Chasse ferrée" track and the Vey-Morand, above the present bridge. There, in 1806, a rare gold medal from the time of Nero was found, having on the reverse the legend "Augustus Augusta".

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