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<< Our Photo Pages >> Pioch Farrus Mine - Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry in France in Languedoc:Hérault (34)

Submitted by FXF on Tuesday, 26 August 2008  Page Views: 6220

Multi-periodSite Name: Pioch Farrus Mine Alternative Name: Mine de Cabrières
Country: France
NOTE: This site is 3.594 km away from the location you searched for.

Département: Languedoc:Hérault (34) Type: Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry
Nearest Town: Cabrières  Nearest Village: Clermont l'Héraullt
Latitude: 43.579400N  Longitude: 3.371400E
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
3 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.
5 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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Pioch Farrus Mine
Pioch Farrus Mine submitted by FXF : The entrance building of the Pioch Farrus mine. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Prehistoric copper mine (the oldest in France) which has been exploited mainly during the Chalcolithic (more than 3000 BCE) and during Roman times (1st cent. BCE till 1st cent. CE). (Attempts to open again in the 19th and 20th cent. CE.)

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