Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement of Rouen
Les Authieux-sur-le-Port-Saint-Ouen

Gouy Cave

Gouy Cave is a cave with engravings dating to the Paleolithic era in . It has the northernmost paleolithic cave art found in France. The cave was discovered in 1956 by two boys, though inscriptions in the cave indicate that the cave was found but unreported by locals in 1881.
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Photo: Zigazou, CC BY 3.0.
  • Access is restricted and requires permission.
  • Type: Cave
  • Description: cave with prehistoric art

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Oissel and Église Saint-Saturnin.

Railway station
Photo: Mouliric, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a railway station, which is situated 3 km southwest of Gouy Cave.

Church
Photo: Giogo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a church, which is situated 2 km south of Gouy Cave.

Church
Photo: WCOMFR, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a church, which is situated 2 km east of Gouy Cave.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray and Sotteville-lès-Rouen.

Town
Photo: Giogo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a commune in the department in the region in northern . is situated 4 km northwest of Gouy Cave.

Town
Photo: Paubry, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a commune and railway town in the department in the region in northern . is situated 7 km northwest of Gouy Cave.

Village
Photo: Gérard Janot, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a commune in the department in the region in northern . is situated 7 km north of Gouy Cave.

Gouy Cave

Latitude
49.36021° or 49° 21′ 37″ north
Longitude
1.13014° or 1° 7′ 49″ east
Open location code
8FX3946J+33
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4419177819
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­cave_entrance
Wiki­data ID
Q1547622
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In Other Languages

From French to Spanish—“Gouy Cave” goes by many names.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Mont Criquet and Île Paradis.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Gouy Cave”. Photo: Zigazou, CC BY 3.0.