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Submitted by durhamnature on Thursday, 29 November 2012  Page Views: 3273

MuseumsSite Name: Montaigle Castle Caves Alternative Name: Trou de Sureau, Trou de L'Erable, Trou du Chêne, Trou Philippe
Country: Belgium
NOTE: This site is 12.129 km away from the location you searched for.

Province: Namur Type: Museum
Nearest Town: Falaën  Nearest Village: Falaën
Latitude: 50.292400N  Longitude: 4.816500E
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.
4 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.
3 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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Montaigle Castle Caves
Montaigle Castle Caves submitted by Alta-Falisa : Entrance to the castle is on the left of the small museum. June 2015. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Cave or Rock Shelter in Namur. Text by durhamnature

Montaigle Castle (French: Château de Montaigle) is a ruined medieval castle in Falaën, province of Namur, Wallonia.
It was built in the 14th century, and destroyed by Henry II of France in 1554. It stands on a rocky spur overlooking the valleys of the Molignée and of the Flavion. The site had previously been used during the Late Roman period for a Belgo-Roman fortification, and was occupied in prehistoric times.

In 1867 the geologist Édouard Dupont studied the caves (locally called trous, "holes") located in the rocky spur of Montaigle. He named each of them after the trees growing near the cave's entrance; Trou du Sureau (Elder), Trou du Chêne (Oak), Trou de l'Erable (Maple), except the lowest one, named Trou Philippe after the name of the hermit who lived therein. Prehistoric remains were found in all of these caves; Dupont described the Cro-Magnon civilization years before the French paleontologists.
Text largely adapted from Wikipedia and the Ardennes tourist website.

Update June 2015.
The caves are not accessible to the public. The castle and the small museum are open to visitors -- but do check the opening days and hours beforehand.
The museum contains a detailled collection of artifacts from the region, starting chronologically at the Iron Age (La Tène-Halstatt), but concentrated on more recent periods.
The ratings and coordinates refer to the museum.
The whole region is splendid.
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Montaigle Castle Caves
Montaigle Castle Caves submitted by Alta-Falisa : Iron-Age pottery found locally. Photo : June 2015. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Montaigle Castle Caves
Montaigle Castle Caves submitted by durhamnature : Artifacts from the Trou de Sureau, from "Paleolithic Man" via archive.org (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Falaën / Sommière / Weillen

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Re: Montaigle Castle Caves by Alta-Falisa on Wednesday, 14 May 2014
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Some "preliminary" info, to prepare a visit of the site : ruins of the castle, museum, cave :
http://www.montaigle.be/MOpg0304.html
http://www.eupedia.com/belgium/montaigle.shtml
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    Re: Montaigle Castle Caves by durhamnature on Wednesday, 14 May 2014
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    Thanks, Alta-Falisa, this is a site that i want to see for myself, some time.

    john
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