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Owd Cocker
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Posts: 268
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Tyldesley
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ARCHIVE: French rock dwellings -
01-08-2009, 23:57
Seen at Brantome south of Limoges, the earliest dated back to prehistoric times, the ones in the pics date to about the 10th century onwards.
In limestone, very damp and mouldy place to live. There are workings behind the dwellings they may eventually open to the public.
Large area converted into a church come chapel
Chapel detail, the holes are for joists to support the internal timber roof which also diverted the drips
Pigeon holes for egg production for the abbey next door
Part of the abbey spreading into the rock
She who must be obeyed in a link tunnel from one room to another
Quite a big chunk dropped here as I posed for the pic (behind me), you can see why they're not rushing into allowing the public in
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