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<< Image Pages >> Grotte des Trois-Frères - Cave or Rock Shelter in France in Midi:Ariège (09)

Submitted by durhamnature on Thursday, 15 November 2012  Page Views: 10107

Natural PlacesSite Name: Grotte des Trois-Frères
Country: 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:
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
4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data 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.
no data 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
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Grotte des Trois-Frères
Grotte des Trois-Frères submitted by durhamnature : "The Sorcerer" from "Prehistoric Religion...." via archive.org (Vote or comment on this photo)
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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Grotte des Trois-Frères
Grotte des Trois-Frères submitted by Flickr : Grotte des 3frères ariège Comme on le remarque la préhistoire à marqué les grottes du Sud de la France avec de nombreuses représentations de félins. voici donc un relevé du lion de la grotte des trois frères (Ariège). -M- Source: elebrun.canalblog.com Image copyright: les animaux préhistoriques, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Grotte des Trois-Frères
Grotte des Trois-Frères submitted by durhamnature : Drawing of a fish and perhaps a horses head, from "Prehistoric Puzzle..." via archive.org (Vote or comment on this photo)

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