The valley of the Petite Rhue, or Rhue de Cheylade, is not joined to its neighbour by a cirque as the Santoire. The high valley ends in a cul-de-sac. At the end of the last century a road was built between Murat and Salers crossing at the Col de Serre, just south of le Claux, and the Pas de Peyrol. Broom grows in the high valley, named the Vallée du Claux. Downstream it becomes Vallée de Cheylade. It has profited since ancient times with good fields for mowing on the valley floor and vast ‘estives’ assuring prosperity. A little less wooded than the Santoire it has developed a relatively intensive agricultural activity. Its heritage is built on a string of villages, strong houses and manors, at Chateaux d’Escorelles, du Cayre and de Tissonière, evidence of a significant population with an assured comfort of life.