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Multi-periodSite Name: Carrières Souterraines du Pédégas
Country: France
NOTE: This site is 3.211 km away from the location you searched for.
Département: Midi:Haute-Garonne (31) Type: Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry
Nearest Town: St Gaudens  Nearest Village: Belbèze-en-Comminges
Latitude: 43.140500N  Longitude: 1.028400E
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3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
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2Not Good
1Awful
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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
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Carrières Souterraines du Pédégas
Carrières Souterraines du Pédégas submitted by lafemmedepierre : Site in Midi:Haute-Garonne (31) France Finally we decided to quit this melancolic and secret world. We followed another path leading back to the surface (Vote or comment on this photo)
In the "Petites Pyrénées", very close to the Menhir of Balesta and the Roman Temple at Roquefort-sur-Garonne which stay on the next hill of La Roque, you may have a view on the abandonned quarries of white marble.

They are said to have been created in the time of the Gallo-Romans. Impressive? Yes, if only... They are sadly turning to a new carreer of dumping ground... and place for mountain bike training...

Even so, the wonderful view towards the whole chain of the Pyrénées on a shiny evening is worth the effort... To get there, you should find and follow the Petite Randonnée walk towards the Orientation Table on the top of the hill.
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Carrières Souterraines du Pédégas
Carrières Souterraines du Pédégas submitted by lafemmedepierre : Site in Midi:Haute-Garonne (31) France If you don't know it's there, you can hardly imagine what's beneath your feet ! (Vote or comment on this photo)

Carrières Souterraines du Pédégas
Carrières Souterraines du Pédégas submitted by lafemmedepierre : Site in Midi:Haute-Garonne (31) France Here a passage from one excavacation to another one. This is very big indeed ! (Vote or comment on this photo)

Carrières Souterraines du Pédégas
Carrières Souterraines du Pédégas submitted by lafemmedepierre : Site in Midi:Haute-Garonne (31) France ...and further : This seems to be a place to rest...? (Vote or comment on this photo)

Carrières Souterraines du Pédégas
Carrières Souterraines du Pédégas submitted by lafemmedepierre : Site in Midi:Haute-Garonne (31) France The career front leads us further... (Vote or comment on this photo)

Carrières Souterraines du Pédégas
Carrières Souterraines du Pédégas submitted by lafemmedepierre : Site in Midi:Haute-Garonne (31) France View from inside. The whiteness of the marble gives a beautiful light ! With the precious stones from this career, number of Toulouse's prestige monuments were built throughout the centuries, since the Gallo-Romans at least...

Carrières Souterraines du Pédégas
Carrières Souterraines du Pédégas submitted by lafemmedepierre : Site in Midi:Haute-Garonne (31) France As we go down the path through a deplorable garbage dump, the first career front appears... our emotion grows...

Carrières Souterraines du Pédégas
Carrières Souterraines du Pédégas submitted by lafemmedepierre : Site in Midi:Haute-Garonne (31) France Soudain, les carrières sont là, juste au bord du chemin, à travers les broussailles : c'est haut et très vertical ! Impressionnant...

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Re: Carrières Souterraines du Pédégas by TheCaptain on Wednesday, 03 January 2018
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from lafemmedepierre.

Re: New : Gallo-Roman Underground Carreers at Belbèze-en-Comminges (31) (Score: 1)
by lafemmedepierre on Tuesday, 02 January 2018
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I want to add some more informations :

Coordinates taken by GPS at 16h12 on 31 12 2018 :
Précision : 90 m
Altitude : 448 m
Longitude : 43.1405311
Latitude : 1.0284783

You can enter the carreers if you have good shoes, but be careful !

It's impressive seeing the marks of the extraction on the walls, but I regret not to be able to recognise the ancient ones from the most recent marks of dynamite holes...

I'll try and post some photos as soon as the file is created.

and a Happy New Year to all lovers of (very) old stones !

Re: New : Gallo-Roman Underground Carreers at Belbèze-en-Comminges (31) (Score: 1)
by lafemmedepierre on Tuesday, 02 January 2018
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Oups !

You've already noticed I've inverted latitude and longitude : sorry !

The complete name is in french "Carrières Souterraines du Pédégas"
or in english :
"Gallo-romans Underground Careers of Pedegas"

They actually deserve an inscription as "Petit Patrimoine" with the number :
31059_1.
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