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Rock tombs in the Castillon forest

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    June 9, 2017

    To the south and east of the Hellenistic and Etruscan ramparts (600 BC) of the Oppidum of Saint-Blaise one can still discover nearly 300 tombs, scattered on the plateau of Castillon, in an environment of quarries and rutted roads . Sometimes grouped in small family complexes, the tombs were dug out of the rock, without a predefined orientation, and simply covered with flat stones. These are rectangular cavities, among which the many small pits indicate children's graves. Often multiple, burials contain deceased lying on the back, the arms along the body or folded on the thorax, the head often wedged in a cell. They do not contain furniture, according to the bare manner of the Christian rite. By their characteristic type and some objects, such as belt buckles, these tombs are mostly related to the Visigothic period (5th - 6th century AD). fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oppidum_de_Saint-Blaise#La_n.C3.A9cropole_rupestre

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      October 20, 2019

      Around the archaeological site of Saint Blaise are several hundred rock tombs dating back to the 5th century.

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        Location: Saint-Mitre-Les-Remparts, Istres, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte D'Azur, France

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