A Borie Among the Forsythia

In the background you will see a quaint stone structure. It is called a borie. They were built to house both the sheep and the shepherd in inclement weather. In the tight quarters, there is usually a very small loft where the shepherd sleeps and the animals congregate in the shelter below.

Built of fieldstone during the idle hours of watching sheep, bories dot the entire countryside of Provence in old alpine meadows.