Castries : Archaeological site of the Grand Devois (or Devès) of Figaret

Hérault

Reference

PA34000090

Latitude

43.712

Longitude

3.9405

Address

34160 Castries - France

Construction era

Préhistoire;Néolithique récent

Protection date

1991/12/20 : inscrit MH

Protection cause

Le site archéologique en totalité (cad. D1 108, 129 ; AK 55, 56) : inscription par arrêté du 20 décembre 1991

Description

The heritage site covers about 7.5 hectares on the upper part of the hill. It is made up of 9 distinct archaeological sites linked to two major periods of human presence in the arid areas of the garrigue: 1/ The end of the Neolithic and the Chalcolithic (between 2500 and 1500 BC) and 2/ the modern and contemporary period (between the 17th and 19th centuries).

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