<< Our Photo Pages >> Grotte Saint-Martin - Cave or Rock Shelter in France in Alsace-Lorraine:Vosges (88)
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Natural PlacesSite Name: Grotte Saint-MartinCountry: France
NOTE: This site is 10.876 km away from the location you searched for.
Département: Alsace-Lorraine:Vosges (88) Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Nearest Town: Darney Nearest Village: Escles
Latitude: 48.103944N Longitude: 6.196213E
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 |
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A cave, possible a celtic sanctuary, later in the medieval used as a hermitage. In front of the cave a chappel can be visited. A large stone bowl with engravings of a face is lying nearby (to the east.)
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