At the crossing with G. C. 6, keep straight on to Ormes, whose church, at the entrance to the village, was almost entirely destroyed.
Ormes
(See Itinerary, p. [122].)
This village, in addition to numerous subterranean passages and chambers, possesses the interesting 12th century Church St. Remi (photo below).
Its circular apse with cornice resting on corbels is barrel-vaulted. Colonnettes in the great bays of the steeple (in ruins) carry carved 12th century capitals.
The pointed vaulting of the southern transept is 12th century, and the ogival groining rests on Norman capitals. The doorway of the western façade dates from the second half of the 12th century, and although its porch was destroyed in 1853 it is still remarkable.
THE CHURCH OF ORMES
