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<< Text Pages >> Grotte de Fontanet - Cave or Rock Shelter in France in Midi:Ariège (09)

Submitted by TheCaptain on Thursday, 10 February 2005  Page Views: 6730

Natural PlacesSite Name: Grotte de Fontanet
Country: France
NOTE: This site is 1.11 km away from the location you searched for.

Département: Midi:Ariège (09) Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Nearest Town: Foix  Nearest Village: Ussat-Les-Bains
Latitude: 42.811287N  Longitude: 1.644718E
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
no data
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