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Natural PlacesSite Name: Les Vachons (Voulgezac) Alternative Name: Pres VachonsCountry: France Département: Poitou:Charente (16) Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Nearest Town: Angouleme Nearest Village: Voulgezac
Latitude: 45.532410N Longitude: 0.154580E
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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Cave and Rock Shelters in Poitou:Charente. This site, discovered in 1867 is 1 km along the stream of Font-Robert, an under tributary of the Charente river in the rural district of Voulgezac.
The limestone cliff faces south,south-west about 190° and is composed by many shelters and two little caves. Inside one of these caves there is a source of water even in the driest weather.
This place was studied three times : on 1867 by Trémeau de Rochebrune , on 1896 by Chauvet and on 1914 and 1922 by J. Coiffard -an erudite farmer who lived in Voulgezac-.
This site was dated to the upper Paléolithic period with pieces of Aurignacien and Solutreen. Five levels from Aurignacien to Gravettien. One molar dated from Périgordien was founded here.
The main piece founded here was a "chisel" known as "Burin des Vachons" because of its characteristic hand made nature. This prehistoric deposit was classified as a historical monument in 1927 .
Attached are some photos of the rock-shelter, the cave with the source and the biggest shelter with 8 m overhanging and horseshoe shape, also other pictures of dig places.
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