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Abri de la Chaire à Calvin

Mouthiers-sur-Boëme, Charente, France

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Designation
Historic monument, classified (classé)
Protection
classé MH
Extent of protection
Abri de la Chaire à Calvin (cad. D 138) : classement par arrêté du 11 août 1986
Protection dates
1986/08/11 : classé MH
Type
abri
Main period of construction
Paléolithique
Ownership
propriété du département
Lieu-dit
la Rochandry
Commune
Mouthiers-sur-Boëme
Département
Charente
Region
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country
France
Coordinates
45.55529, 0.11601
Mérimée reference
PA00104435

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1777 map "69 Angouleme." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

La cavité creusée par la Boëme se présente sous la forme d'un exèdre. La dernière occupation significative date du Magdalénien (frise d'équidés et de bovidés sculptée).

English translation

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The cavity hollowed out by the Boëme presents itself in the form of an exedra. The last significant occupation dates from the Magdalenian (frieze of equids and bovids carved).

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Base Mérimée, Ministère de la Culture, data last updated 2026-09-17, reused under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab). Record text is reproduced unchanged. Ministère de la Culture · Licence Ouverte 2.0
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