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Architectural Detail Above Door in Charente


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Does anyone have anything similar? It's on the lintel to the main entrance of the house. I've been told that it was a sign to indicate the home of the local nightwatchman?! Perhaps it's a local thing to my area but I'd be interested to know if other things exist in other places around France. I think the lintel and dressed stonework around the doorway has been reused at a later date, probably mid-18th century, so it probably came from another house in the area that was demolished c1750s.

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