<< Image Pages >> Grotte des Trois-Frères - Cave or Rock Shelter in France in Midi:Ariège (09)
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Natural PlacesSite Name: Grotte des Trois-FrèresCountry: France
NOTE: This site is 0.161 km away from the location you searched for.
Département: Midi:Ariège (09) Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Nearest Town: Ariege
Latitude: 43.032222N Longitude: 1.216666E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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Explored in 1914 by Comte Henri Begouen, the cave is named after his three sons. The art is assessed as being from about 15 thousand years ago.
The most famous image is the 70cm high "Sorcerer", a picture of a horned shaman figure.
Grotte des Trois-Frères, D 215B, Montesquieu-Avantès, Saint-Girons, Ariège, Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées
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