Fairy country

Marker 10At Les Bondons, the common place names of Peyrefiche, Peyre Plantade and Perjazen are associated with those of Peyre de la Vieille, Terre de Malavieille and La Fare, fares and vieilles being synonyms for “fairy” in local folklore. Today, a very large number of place names all over Europe still refer to the presence of former megaliths, even where those are hidden or have disappeared.