Borie, small dry stone hut used by shepherds to keep sheep. this one is in 87245_Borie
A Borie is a dry-stone hut, roughly like an igloo made of stones. Dry-stone construction, which has been around since the dawn of time, can be seen in the hills In the southeast of France, in what is now the Alpes Maritimes, bories date back to the Ligurians, roughly 600 BC up to Roman times. These ancient bories are often near, and sometimes integrated with, Ligurian oppidum and ancient bergeries. Being of universal practicality, these ancient bories have been used well into modern times, or more modern but identical versions built when needed. We don't think they're often "restored", since they tend to last pretty much forever, excepting when vandilized for their stones. The Luberon region, is famous for it's interesting bories, which pretty much date back to the 13th century. Around the 18th and early 19th centuries, farmers and shepherds built everything from small stone huts (bories) to complete small farm complexes with this method. Although the bories were very useful, the reason for building them was very basic: to clear the stones from the fields. If the stones hadn't been in the way, most of the bories probably wouldn't have been built. But there were a lot of stones to clear, and rather than just make an enormous pile, something useful was created. You A small borie can used up to 300,000 stones to complete.
Size: 5100px × 3400px
Location: Montignac near Sarlat, Perigord Dordogne France
Photo credit: © Daniel Valla FRPS / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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Keywords: abri, architecture, berger, bergerie, borie, building, campagne, countryside, design, france, hut, hutte, mouton, perigord, perigourdin, perigueux, rudimentry, sheep, shelter, shepherd, south, sud, west
