<< Our Photo Pages >> Abri de la Madeleine - Cave or Rock Shelter in France in Aquitaine:Dordogne (24)
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Natural PlacesSite Name: Abri de la MadeleineCountry: France Département: Aquitaine:Dordogne (24) Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Nearest Town: Sarlat-la-Canéda Nearest Village: Tursac
Latitude: 44.967900N Longitude: 1.028900E
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 20th May 2005 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 2 You don’t actually really get to see the Abri de la Madeleine where all the prehistoric finds were made which gave their name to an epoch including the carved bison and the first harpoons. I guess to see this best you would need to canoe down the river but you can see the overhang and bits of it from the village and there is some display material in the visitor centre.
Within a cave/shelter near the base of the cliff face, many prehistoric finds were made which gave their name to an epoch, including carved bison and the first harpoons.
On the public visit to the Madeleine site, you don’t actually really get to see the Abri de la Madeleine. I guess to see this cliff shelter best you would need to canoe down the river, but you can see the overhang and bits of it from the village and there is some display material in the visitor centre.
Note: The mammoth that trampled on the history of mankind
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