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the foot of St. Clair liill, at the southern end of the old 

 causeway, called Le Pont du Vale, oj- Le l^ont Coliche. 

 This causeway crossed the estuary of Le Braye du Vale, 

 which then extended from Grande Havre to St. Sampson's 

 Bridge, through which the sea floAved at high tide completely 

 cutting off the Clos du Vale from the rest of the island. 

 When Le Braye du Vale was enclosed l)y dykes and the land 

 reclaimed, about the year 1808, this base was removed to the 

 farm of Mr. Bobin, at Les (xrandes Capelles, and stood for 

 many years in his yard. It showed signs of some attempt 

 having been made to destroy it, probably when the remainder 

 of the cross was destroyed at the Beformation, but the socket 

 in w^hich the shaft of the cross was fixed Avas quite perfect. 

 Unfortunately this stone base was destroyed by the present 

 Mr. Bobin, a few years ago, when making alterations to his 

 farm buildings. In 1870 a similar base w^as discovered in a 

 field, belonging to the late Mr. Abraham Domaille, near Le 

 Hurell, Vale, and was offered by him to Mr. Lukis. The 

 latter thought it had formed part of a cross standing at the 

 northern end of Le Pont du Vale, near ' L'Abbaye Saint 

 Michel.' Mr. Domaille however was of the opinion that it 

 had more probably stood at the end of the old ford between 

 L'Islet, and the Vale Church, where there was formerly a 

 stone footway for passengers. Another base was for many 

 years at La Haye du Puits, whence it w^as removed to the 

 yard of the farm of La Pouquelaye, near Saumarez Park. 

 It was thought to have once formed part of a cross which had 

 stood at Le Villoc. A stone engraved wdth a trefoliated cross 

 w^as found at the beginning of the last century in Le Courtil 

 de la Croix, near the Infant School at Les Adams, St. Peter's- 

 in-the-Wood. It was removed to the farm of the late Mr. 

 Lenfestey opposite, where it remained for man} years, but it 

 has now disappeared. A stone much resembling the base of a 

 cross is now^ to be seen in the garden of La Bocque Barree, 

 Vale. 



This completes the list of the remains of old crosses 

 which existed in the island a few years ago. It will have been 

 noticed that they w^ere of two classes : (1) crosses erected for 

 a religious purpose; and (2) those that were simply a small 

 plain or ornate cross engraved on a flat stone, of which " La 

 Croix au Baillif " and the cross found at Les Adams are 

 examples. In all probability they had different origins, and 

 while the first were typical roadside crosses, the latter may 

 have been simply crosses marking the site of some long 

 forgotten tragedy, some murder or accidental death. La Croix 



