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

Submitted by TheCaptain on Thursday, 10 February 2005  Page Views: 8524

Natural PlacesSite Name: Grotte du Portel
Country: France Département: Midi:Ariège (09) Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Nearest Town: Foix  Nearest Village: Loubens
Latitude: 43.030500N  Longitude: 1.540100E
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 Portel
Grotte du Portel submitted by durhamnature : Bison, from "Prehistory" by Miles Crawford Burkitt, 1921, via archive.org Site in Midi:Ariège (09) France (Vote or comment on this photo)
Decorated Cave in the community of Loubens in Ariège


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Grotte du Portel
Grotte du Portel submitted by durhamnature : Two Bison, from "Art of the Stone Age" via archive.org Site in Midi:Ariège (09) France (Vote or comment on this photo)

Grotte du Portel
Grotte du Portel submitted by durhamnature : Drawing of the cave, from "Anthropologie" via archive.org (Vote or comment on this photo)

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