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Grotte préhistorique de Combe Saunière

Sarliac-sur-l'Isle, Dordogne, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Site composé des parcelles AK 98, 100, 102 : inscription par arrêté du 4 octobre 1996
Protection dates
1996/10/04 : inscrit MH
Type
site archéologique, grotte
Main period of construction
Paléolithique
Ownership
propriété de l'État
Commune
Sarliac-sur-l'Isle
Département
Dordogne
Region
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country
France
Coordinates
45.22513, 0.87486
Mérimée reference
PA24000011

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1637 map "Aquitania" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Un des rares habitats paléolithiques connus en France. Il s'agit d'un milieu clos couvrant la quasi totalité des grandes périodes reconnues dans le paléolithique régional.

English translation

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One of the rare Palaeolithic habitats known in France. It is a closed environment covering almost the entire range of major periods recognized in the regional 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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