Buron de Bosberty

The 1989 inventory of the Cézallier burons by architects Magentiès and Trink noted the dates inscribed on the burons (from 1782 to 1947). Some of these holes may have been simple shelters built by shepherds to protect themselves from the wind and weather.

Hollows can also be found around(…)

The 1989 inventory of the Cézallier burons by architects Magentiès and Trink noted the dates inscribed on the burons (from 1782 to 1947). Some of these holes may have been simple shelters built by shepherds to protect themselves from the wind and weather.

Hollows can also be found around the burons. These are the ancestors of burons. Peasants would dig into the single hole around which they would build walls of grassy clods, a few wooden stakes to form a framework, which they would usually cover with clods of grass. Linked to the manufacture and preservation of cheese, the construction of a buron was subject to constraints that were difficult to reconcile : humidity, coolness and darkness. Despite their sturdiness, burons have suffered a great deal of damage due to the harsh climatic conditions of the Cézallier region, but especially since the last half of the 20th century, when they were abandoned by their owners. Dozens of buildings have disappeared from the Cézallier landscape.