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<< Our Photo Pages >> Bretteville-le-Rabet - Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry in France in Normandie:Calvados (14)

Submitted by TheCaptain on Sunday, 08 May 2005  Page Views: 6700

Multi-periodSite Name: Bretteville-le-Rabet
Country: France Département: Normandie:Calvados (14) Type: Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry
Nearest Town: Caen  Nearest Village: Bretteville-le-Rabet
Latitude: 49.026000N  Longitude: 0.258W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
2 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
5 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
2

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TheCaptain visited on 23rd Apr 2005 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 2 Access: 5 Not marked on any map I was told of this place by a man who collects flint artefacts I met at Cairon so I went for a quick look. Nothing much to see but the fields here were freshly ploughed and within 5 minutes of looking along the edges of the fields by the roadside I had found 4 worked flint artefacts.

Bretteville-le-Rabet
Bretteville-le-Rabet submitted by TheCaptain : Bretteville-le-Rabet flint quarries, Calvados. I spent just 5 minutes looking around the edge of this freshly ploughed field and found four bits of worked flint, including a nice scraper tool. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Ancient Flint Mines near to the village of Bretteville-le-Rabet in Calvados Normandy. Investigations have shown there are many bell shaped pits, with passages extending out from them.

I was told of this place by a man I met at Cairon who collects flint artefacts, so I went for a quick look. Nothing much to see, but the fields here were freshly ploughed, and within 5 minutes of looking along the edges of the fields by the roadside I had found 4 worked flint artefacts.

Coordinates just given for village to protect the site.
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Re: Bretteville-le-Rabet by TheCaptain on Sunday, 08 May 2005
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Not marked on any map, I was told of this place by a man I met at Cairon who collects flint artefacts, so I went for a quick look.

Nothing much to see, but the fields here were freshly ploughed, and within 5 minutes of looking along the edges of the fields by the roadside I had found 4 worked flint artefacts.

I have since found reference to it in a Normandie archaeology book I have.

I have deliberately left the positional coordinates a bit vague to help protect the site.
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