Les ponts Planches de St Martin

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Water is abundant in the commune, with the Maulde, numerous streams and fountains. It is also to be found at the bottom of the plateau's peat bogs and in the "moulards" or "mouillères" where rushes grow at the bottom of the meadows.
Planches" are a particular feature of the Millevaches plateau. These are bridges where the deck between two piers is made of a large "plank" of cut stone. Sometimes there are two "planks" side by side. The stone needed was suitable. This is the 2-mica granite from the Millevaches region, known in our commune as "Compeix stone".
They were laid for pedestrians, as they are generally too narrow for a cart. For these, there was always a ford nearby. These "planks" of stone weigh around 2 tonnes, and sometimes more.
They are all accessible by paths at a short distance from the roads, and most have been

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