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XV. Description of the Cavern of Bruniquel , and its Organic Contents. 
By Professor Owen, F.B.S. &c. 
Eeeeived May 12, — Read June 9, 1864. 
Part I. — HUMAN REMAINS. 
The Cavern of Bruniquel, briefly noticed by Marcel de Serres in the subjoined passage 
from his work “Sur les Cavernes a Ossemens”*, is situated in a grand escarpment of 
the jurassic limestone bordering the river Aveyron, opposite the village of Bruniquel, 
Department of Tarn and Garonne. 
The entry of the cavern is in the face of the cliff, about 40 feet above the bed of the 
river, partly concealed by a projecting peak of rock (fig. 1 , d), behind which is a platform 
Eig. 1. 
showing evidence of having been artificially flattened, so as to serve apparently as a 
stand-point for defence. 
The entry (now bricked up, with a door in charge of a keeper of the proprietor, the 
* “ 3° Caverne de Bruniquel (Tam). Celle-ci parait etre dans la couche la plus inferieure de la formation 
jurassique, c’est-a-dire dans le lias. Nous n’y avons rencontre que des ossemens de ruminans, savoir des cerfs et 
de boeufs, avec quelques debris d’oiseaux.” — Op. cit. p. 142. [See Note, p. 519. — R. 0., July, 1869.] 
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