Bruniquel Cave

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Bruniquel Cave is an archeological site near Bruniquel, in an area which has many paleolithic sites, east of Montauban in southwestern France. Annular (ring) and accumulation (pile) structures made of broken stalagmites have been found 336 metres from the cave entrance. Traces of fire were also found. The constructions have been dated to approximately 176,500 years ago.

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  • listed in the general inventory of cultural heritage page@
  • Maisons des Illustres page@
  • monument historique classé page@
  • monument historique inscrit page@
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Location: 44.062, 1.6762, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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  • Bruniquel Cave
    Cave and archaeological site in France with Neanderthal stalagmite structures
  • Bruniquel rock shelters
  • Cave of Mayrières supérieure
    cave in France, containing cave paintings
  • grotte abri de La Magdeleine des Ablis
  • grotte de la Magdeleine
    cave in France
  • grotte du Bosc
    cave in France
GROTTO AND ROCK SHELTER OF BRUNIQUEL - AN ABODE OF PRIMEVAL MAN. Drawn by RiouGROTTO AND ROCK SHELTER OF BRUNIQUEL - AN ABODE OF PRIMEVAL MAN. Drawn by Riou
Boyau geologiqueBoyau geologique
La structure de la grotte de BruniquelLa structure de la grotte de Bruniquel
TypeSubtypeDateDescriptionNotesSource
linkpageBase Mérimée page@Wikidata
linkpagelisted in the general inventory of cultural heritage page@Wikidata
linkpageMaisons des Illustres page@Wikidata
linkpagemonument historique classé page@Wikidata
linkpagemonument historique inscrit page@Wikidata
sitecaveBruniquel CavecaveWikidata
sitecaveBruniquel rock sheltersrock shelterWikidata
sitecaveCave of Mayrières supérieurecave with prehistoric artWikidata
sitecavegrotte abri de La Magdeleine des AbliscaveWikidata
sitecavegrotte de la MagdeleinecaveWikidata
sitecavegrotte du BosccaveWikidata
commonsimageGROTTO AND ROCK SHELTER OF BRUNIQUEL - AN ABODE OF PRIMEVAL MAN. Drawn by Riou Commons
commonsimageBoyau geologique Commons
commonsimageLa structure de la grotte de Bruniquel Commons