The extraction of the" Pierre Ollair" in the mines of the Bagnes valley was essentially used for the construction of furnaces.
Being employed to warm the room and in the kitchen to cook aliments.Their forms and their decoration varied considerably.
In a time, when the wood was rare and expensive, the "Pierre furnace Ollair"
presented a good profit , as the properties of this extremely soft and dense stone which does not burst in the heat.
Pierres ollaires
of
" La Marmotte"