<< Our Photo Pages >> Abri de la Salpetriere - Cave or Rock Shelter in France in Languedoc:Gard (30)
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Natural PlacesSite Name: Abri de la SalpetriereCountry: France Département: Languedoc:Gard (30) Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Nearest Town: Remoulins Nearest Village: Pont-du-Gard
Latitude: 43.947600N Longitude: 4.537700E
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 |
0 | no data |
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TheCaptain visited on 21st Sep 2005 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Beside the river near to the Pont du Gard is a big cliff shelter, which has a sign on it saying it was used as a dwelling in the age of reindeer. Excavations were going on within, and it was all fenced off.
Excavations were going on within when I visited in 2005, and it was all fenced off.
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