Martin M. Miles' photos with the keyword: Coutances

The "Ermitage Saint-Gerbold" is hidden in the woods between Coutances and the village of Gratot. The construction of first small chapel here was funded by Philippe d’Argouges, Lord of Gratot, in 1403. Enlarged and fortified over the time, this was a hermitage upto the French Revolution, when it was sold as National Property. In the early 19th century, it was in the possession of the Argouges-family again, but was again sold, after the last hermit died in 1830. USed as a barn and later abandoned it fell in ruins, but was saved and finally restaurated in 2000.