Underneath the rock outcrop is a rock shelter (known by the same name) with a carved frieze of animals, dating from the Magdalenian period (between 10 000 and 18 000 years ago).
The images that follow below aren't photos-for-the-sake-of-wanting-to-make-nice-photos; they're trying to give an impression of what we saw - the old, damaged and eroded remains of an ancient culture's images, carved into the rock by people surprisingly like ourselves.
A reconstruction of the frieze, to help you see what is there:
And the frieze itself:
The overlapping animal drawings on the right hand end:
The central horse:
The truncated animal at the left:
As we learnt, you have to get your eye in!
The size of the frieze was incredible too, all along the back wall of the shelter, full-height...
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