Saint-Rome-de-Cernon

SAINT-ROME-DE-CERNON Aveyron, France.

The cave of Sargel, probably occupied since the Neolithic Age, has yielded many artifacts of the Iron Age and Gallo-Roman periods (coins, fibulas, pottery, rings). These were offerings and attest the continuity of a cult which lasted at least until the 1st c. A.D.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

L. Balsan, “Spéléologie du département de l'Aveyron,” Mém. de la Soc. des Lettres de l'Aveyron 26 (1946) 241-43, no. 452 (detailed bibl.); A. Albenque, Inv. de l'archéologie gallo-romaine du département de l'Aveyron (1947) 138-39, no. 398; A. Soutou, “La grotte-sanctuaire de Sargel,” Ogam 18 (1966) 1-16.

M. LABROUSSE