Le Douhet - Saint-Martial

San Martial, parish church of Le Douhet is a 12th century structure, that had to be stabilized by buttresses within the 15th century, when a steeple was built and the building got unbalanced and unstable.

The portal, erected in the typical Saintonge-style, is richly decorated. San Martial was for sure a place, where pilgrims stopped (for a while). So it is no surprise, that the facade is covered by many small carved graffiti ( here are four). They are kind of strange. I found many crosses, but neither "soles" nor "horse-shoes", that were often carved in by pilgrims.