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<< Our Photo Pages >> Grotte d'Aurignac - Cave or Rock Shelter in France in Midi:Haute-Garonne (31)

Submitted by TheCaptain on Thursday, 10 February 2005  Page Views: 9633

Natural PlacesSite Name: Grotte d'Aurignac Alternative Name: Grotte de Rodes
Country: France
NOTE: This site is 24.408 km away from the location you searched for.

Département: Midi:Haute-Garonne (31) Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Nearest Town: Saint-Gaudens  Nearest Village: Aurignac
Latitude: 43.222815N  Longitude: 0.865579E
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
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 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
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5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
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2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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TheCaptain visited on 5th Sep 2005 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 5 Just to the north of the village of Aurignac can be found this important prehistoric shelter, where in 1852 a man was out hunting rabbit with his dog, and the dog found a bone down a hole. Upon the news of this discovery, the locals started investigating and found remains of 27 skeletons, which were removed and reburied in the local cemetery. In the 1860's, scientific excavations were done here, which found that the site had been occupied 30,000 years ago. Many tools, bones etc were found, and the site has given its name to a whole civilisation, the Aurignacian, which dates to between 30,000 and 25,000 years BC. Today, beside the D.635 road to the northwest of Aurignac village, there is a layby and picnic area, with a large noticeboard explaining about the site. About 50 metres from the noticeboard, down a little track, and there is a small stream with a little bridge made from a large stone slab. Over the millennia, this stream has cut itself into a little cliff face, about 50 metres long by up to 10 metres high. In this cliff face is a large opening which is the first shelter excavated in 1862. There are also a few other smaller openings which have been excavated since, within which more finds were taken from. This is a nice and atmospheric little place. Pity about the rain !

Grotte d'Aurignac
Grotte d'Aurignac submitted by theCaptain : Over the millennia, the stream has cut itself into a little cliff face, about 50 metres long by up to 10 metres high. In this cliff face is a large opening which is the first shelter excavated in 1862. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Just to the north of the village of Aurignac can be found this important prehistoric shelter, where in 1852 a man was out hunting rabbits with his dog, and the dog found a bone down a hole. Upon the news of this discovery, the locals started investigating and found remains of 27 skeletons, which were removed and reburied in the local cemetary.

In the 1860's, scientific excavations were done here, which found that the site had been occupied 30,000 years ago. Many tools, bones etc were found, and the site has given its name to a whole civilisation, the Aurignacian, which dates to between 30,000 and 25,000 years BC.

Today, beside the D.635 road to the northwest of Aurignac village, there is a layby and picnic area, with a large noticeboard explaining about the site. About 50 metres from the noticeboard, down a little track, and there is a small stream with a little bridge made from a large stone slab.

Over the millennia, this stream has cut itself into a little cliff face, about 50 metres long by up to 10 metres high. In this cliff face is a large opening which is the first shelter excavated in 1862. There are also a few other smaller openings which have been excavated since, within which more finds were taken from. This is a nice and atmospheric little place. Pity about the rain !
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Grotte d'Aurignac
Grotte d'Aurignac submitted by durhamnature : A better, annotated cross-section, from "Antiquity of Man" via archive.org Site in Midi:Haute-Garonne (31) France (Vote or comment on this photo)

Grotte d'Aurignac
Grotte d'Aurignac submitted by durhamnature : Cross section of the cave, image from "Men of the Old Stone Age" via archive.org Site in Midi:Haute-Garonne (31) France (Vote or comment on this photo)

Grotte d'Aurignac
Grotte d'Aurignac submitted by theCaptain : In the 1860's, scientific excavations were done here, which found that the site had been occupied 30,000 years ago. Many tools, bones etc were found, and the site has given its name to a whole civilisation, the Aurignacian, which dates to between 30,000 and 25,000 years BC. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Grotte d'Aurignac
Grotte d'Aurignac submitted by theCaptain : Over the millennia, this stream has cut itself into a little cliff face, about 50 metres long by up to 10 metres high. In this cliff face is a large opening which is the first shelter excavated in 1862. There are also a few other smaller openings which have been excavated since, within which more finds were taken from. This is a nice and atmospheric little place. Pity about the rain ! (Vote or comment on this photo)

Grotte d'Aurignac
Grotte d'Aurignac submitted by theCaptain : About 50 metres from the noticeboard, down a little track, and there is a small stream with a little bridge made from a large stone slab which crosses to the site.

Grotte d'Aurignac
Grotte d'Aurignac submitted by theCaptain : Today, beside the D.635 road to the northwest of Aurignac village, there is a layby and picnic area, with a large noticeboard explaining about the site.

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