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Re: Kesslerloch by Megalithic89 on Saturday, 24 April 2021

Thanks for your interest. Yes, this site can be visited all through the year. No site warden, no entry fees, there is a little car park nearby.
Condition: 3 or 2, I could feel the atmosphere of vividness of the hunting people, inside the cave. Finds have been taken out, have been sold or are in museums. But it is a unique place.
Ambience: 3
Access: 5. With a bit of skill, one gets down the last bit of the way on a stony natural path, with a wheelchair.
Accuracy: 5
Some background information:
The cave “Kesslerloch” is one of the most important sites of the Late Ice Age in Europe, and it provided traces of settlement from the early Palaeolithic (Magdalénian culture, 14 000-12 000 BC). The course was probably used by hunting groups during the summer months as a meeting point for seasonal hunting. The cave covers an area of almost 200 m2 and is divided by a stone pillar.

The first traces of this settlement were discovered in 1873. Excavations in the following years brought to light thousands of finds. They provide insight into the way of life and everyday life of people over 15,000 years ago.
Source: Canton of Schaffhausen Archaeology

I found an old report with clearer pictures of objects no. 65 and 67.
Link to Konrad Merk, 1875, e-periodica, ETH Zurich .

Another point of view: Blanche Merz measured 14'000 Bovis Units at Kesslerloch. So it is also a natural power place. Source: Blanche Merz, Orte der Kraft, Aarau 1998, written in German.

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