Caves and rock shelters in the Lot

Grotte ornée
46330 Cabrerets

The Pech Merle Cave, located in Cabrerets in Occitanie, is a prehistoric adorned cave famous for its parietal paintings dated from Gravettien to Magdalenian, classified as a historical monument since 1951.

Grotte ornée
46500 Miers

The cave adorned with the Fieux, located in Miers in Occitanie, is a major prehistoric site of the Paleolithic, classified as a historical monument. It houses rock paintings and archaeological remains dating back 340,000 years in medieval times, accessible to the public since 2007.

Grotte ornée
46120 Thémines

The cave of Roucadour, located at Thémines in the Lot, is a prehistoric adorned cave famous for its 495 parietal representations (horses, felines, geometric signs) and its role in the Paleolithic-Neolithic transition (Roucadourian facies).

Grotte ornée
46500 Rocamadour

The Wonders Cave, located in Rocamadour, Occitanie, is a paleolithic adorned cave discovered in 1920, classified as a historical monument in 1925, housing paintings and engravings over 20,000 years old.

Grotte ornée
46250 Frayssinet-le-Gélat

The caves of Combe-Nègre, located in Frayssinet-le-Gélat in the Lot, are a set of two prehistoric galleries adorned dating from the Paleolithic, discovered in 2001 and classified historical monument in 2010.

Grotte ornée
46500 Miers

The prehistoric deposit of Les Fieux à Miers (Lot, Occitanie) is a major archaeological site, housing an adorned cave and remains dating from the Middle Paleolithic period (340,000 years) in the Middle Ages, open to the public since 2007.

Grotte ornée
46330 Saint Géry-Vers

The Bigourdane Cave, located in Saint-Géry-Vers in Occitanie, is a paleolithic archaeological site with magdalenian rock engravings, not accessible to the public.

Grotte
46330 Saint-Cirq-Lapopie

The Moulin cave in Saint-Cirq-Lapopie is a prehistoric site of the Paleolithic in the Lot, in Occitanie, classified as a historical monument for its underground cavities.