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Grotte préhistorique de la Sudrie

Villac, Dordogne, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
La grotte (cad. D 240, 245) : inscription par arrêté du 20 décembre 2005
Protection dates
2005/12/20 : inscrit MH
Type
grotte ornée, site archéologique
Main period of construction
Paléolithique
Ownership
propriété privée
Commune
Villac
Département
Dordogne
Region
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country
France
Coordinates
45.17832, 1.25752
Mérimée reference
PA24000050

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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

La grotte date du Périgordien et est ornée de gravures.

English translation

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The grotto dates from the Perigordian period and is decorated with engravings.

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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