Abstract
Merle (Catherine) and Richaud (Emmanuelle). — The drying barn for nuts in Bas-Dauphiné. Either parts of buildings or separate buildings, drying barn for nuts appear as farming structures which have no counterparts in French rural architecture. A large number of them are to be found in the lower valley of the Isère, from Grenoble to Romans (mainly on the territory of the cantons of Tullins, Vinay and Saint-Marcellin). The drying barn in Dau-phiné is a structure most often built on a wooden fra-mework, widely open on its sides or closed by mere «claustras» made of slightly parted slats. The wooden floors inside are made up of an open lattice-work. After describing the use of this production building, the author of this text summarily tries to define the différent kinds od such buildings in nearly ail the farms of the territory. These structures are threatened with disappearance because of their structural fragility and above ail the fact they are given up to be replaced by power drying machines and can hardly be used to another purpose. In such a dreaded prospect three of them (among which one dating back to 1776) have just been classified as historié monuments by the Department of Cultural affairs. Le Monde Alpin et rhodanien, 4e trimestre 1994, pp. 25 à 42.
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