The lonely Cypress stands on top of a rise just across from where Síle and I take our constitutional.
The field in which it stands is called l’Homme Mort in the local GR map- I had no idea why until today.
I posted the picture on Facebook and retired journalist Seamus Martin- who also has a house out here, told me that locals had told him that Protestants who were killed during the 100 years war were not allowed be buried in the catholic graveyard so were buried alone in a field where their friends would plant a Cypress in their memory.
So it is not just a lonely Cypress but a solitary grave.