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<< Our Photo Pages >> Grotte du Ker de Massat - Cave or Rock Shelter in France in Midi:Ariège (09)

Submitted by TheCaptain on Thursday, 10 February 2005  Page Views: 7132

Natural PlacesSite Name: Grotte du Ker de Massat Alternative Name: Quer de Massat
Country: France
NOTE: This site is 3.828 km away from the location you searched for.

Département: Midi:Ariège (09) Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Nearest Town: Saint-Girons  Nearest Village: Massat
Latitude: 42.896403N  Longitude: 1.324490E
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
no data 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
4
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Grotte du Ker de Massat
Grotte du Ker de Massat submitted by Flickr : Tour du Ker de Massat (Ariège) Grotte Campagnole. Grotte ornée de gravures rupestres (Paléolithique supérieur). Ces grottes sont également des sites Natura 2000 en raison de la présence d'animaux cavernicoles. Image copyright: PierreG_09, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (Vote or comment on this photo)
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Grotte du Ker de Massat
Grotte du Ker de Massat submitted by durhamnature : Cave Bear, from "Abri sous rocher Colombiere..." via archive.org (Vote or comment on this photo)

Grotte du Ker de Massat
Grotte du Ker de Massat submitted by durhamnature : Animals, possibly Moose, engraved on bone from "La France Prehistorique" via archive.org (Vote or comment on this photo)

Grotte du Ker de Massat
Grotte du Ker de Massat submitted by durhamnature : Harpoon, image from "Men of the Old Stone Age" via archive.org (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Re: Grotte ornée paléolithique Massat by Anonymous on Monday, 06 February 2006
to whom it may concern,
we really need pictures of paleolithique and neolithique women for our grade 11 french history assignemnt and we'd appreciate it if you could help us find some. sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.
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