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The Henge Monuments of the British Isles: Myth and Archaeology

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<< Our Photo Pages >> Les Peintures du Rocher du Château - Rock Art in France in Rhone:Savoie (73)

Submitted by DrewParsons on Monday, 28 December 2009  Page Views: 5911

Rock ArtSite Name: Les Peintures du Rocher du Château
Country: France
NOTE: This site is 19.484 km away from the location you searched for.

Département: Rhone:Savoie (73) Type: Rock Art
Nearest Town: Bessans  Nearest Village: le Villaron
Latitude: 45.346970N  Longitude: 7.027080E
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.
2 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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Les Peintures du Rocher du Château
Les Peintures du Rocher du Château submitted by DrewParsons : The most visible set of antlers. Photographed in late September 2009 during a hiking trip in the Bessans area (Vote or comment on this photo)
Les Peintures du Rocher du Château is an outcrop of rock onto which Neolithic inhabitants of the valley have painted 8 deer. Nowadays the paintings are so faded that one has to look hard to recognise them.

The valley has been free of ice for the last 10000 to 12000 years and evidence of human habitation has been found tracing activity here back to 5000 BC. The rock shelter at the base of the cliff provided a panel for art works whilst the rock itself contained serpentine useful for making tools. The site is reached on a footpath from le Villaron village which is north of Bessans. There is a car park on the D902 on the east bank of the l'Arc river at le Villaron and after crossing the bridge turn right (north east) and follow the footpath along the true right bank of the river (west bank) for 2 kilometres to reach the well signed site. It's a site for enthusiasts as the paintings are very indistinct, but nevertheless it's an important link to our past and worth a visit. The trail is a pleasant walk along the river with fine views to the mountains on both sides of the valley. At the site keep behind the fence line and use a telephoto for close up photos as the site is very fragile.
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Les Peintures du Rocher du Château
Les Peintures du Rocher du Château submitted by DrewParsons : One of the site signs (Vote or comment on this photo)

Les Peintures du Rocher du Château
Les Peintures du Rocher du Château submitted by DrewParsons : The track to the site (Vote or comment on this photo)

Les Peintures du Rocher du Château
Les Peintures du Rocher du Château submitted by DrewParsons : General view of the site (Vote or comment on this photo)

Les Peintures du Rocher du Château
Les Peintures du Rocher du Château submitted by DrewParsons : Its probably my imagination, but is that a mamoth on the rock face? The branches of the tree point towards it. There is no mention of a mamoth painting on the site signs. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Les Peintures du Rocher du Château
Les Peintures du Rocher du Château submitted by DrewParsons : The use of a cleft in the rock face to enhance the outline of the head of a deer painted in red ochre

Les Peintures du Rocher du Château
Les Peintures du Rocher du Château submitted by DrewParsons : Faint outline of a deer with antlers seen through the locator grid

Les Peintures du Rocher du Château
Les Peintures du Rocher du Château submitted by DrewParsons : French language site sign describing Neolithic quarrying for serpentine

Les Peintures du Rocher du Château
Les Peintures du Rocher du Château submitted by DrewParsons : Detailed site sign in French

Les Peintures du Rocher du Château
Les Peintures du Rocher du Château submitted by DrewParsons : Summary site sign in English

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