Les Pierres Jaumâtres are incredible granite megaliths located atop Mount Barlot (591 m) near the village of Toulx-Sainte-Croix. They were inscribed on the register of protected natural sites in 1927.

Each stone has a special charm and could be considered a sculpture, changing shape with the angle of view. Over many centuries, the most impressive of them received different names.In the southwest a heavy stone in unstable balance, was nicknamed the “Switch” or “Balance” and three towering boulders, marked by deep vertical streaks are called “Oratory” or “sugar loaves”. Southeast, a small stone carved as a foundation has been called the “Headquarters”. “The Boussaquine” is a 14 metre long stone fallen obliquely. Located at the north  of the site and on the edge of the escarpment over-looking Boussac is the “Frog”.

The site has long attracted many visitors – indeed it was one of the jewels of early Creuse tourism. Postcards from beginning of the 20th C. often show the stones in their many aspects.

The stones have been a source of inspiration for Romantic writers. George Sand visited Jaumâtres twice. In October 1841, she was seduced by the singularity of the landscape and the supernatural character of the boulders. Her perception of the place and the description of the rural area appears in her novel “Jeanne” published in 1844. In September 1845 she returned to Jaumâtres for  a “picnic” in the company of Frédéric Chopin and Pierre Leroux.