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Site de la grotte du Peyrat

Saint-Rabier, Dordogne, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Parcelle B 1313 : inscription par arrêté du 24 octobre 1995
Protection dates
1995/10/24 : inscrit MH
Type
site archéologique, grotte
Main period of construction
Paléolithique
Ownership
propriété privée
Commune
Saint-Rabier
Département
Dordogne
Region
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country
France
Coordinates
45.15755, 1.14077
Mérimée reference
PA00135172

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1711 map "Le Gouvernement General De Guinne et Gascogne ...." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Témoin de la présence humaine à la fin du paléolithique supérieur.

English translation

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Evidence of human presence at the end of the Upper Palaeolithic.

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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