 1. Le Cuzoul des
Brasconies. "cuzoul" is an Occitan word, usually spelt cusol,
which means cave. Frequently visited by cavers, the paintings have been very damaged.
There are red and black signs and dots and a red horse. Length : 260 m.
 2. La Grotte Carriot. Named after Robert Carriot
who discovered the paintings in 1969. Paintings and engravings,
goats, deer, bulls,
horses, bison. Length : 200 m.
3. La Grotte Christian (classed as an historic
monument). Named after the caver who discovered the cave in 1969 (Christian Kopiek). An
engraved horse, a painted and engraved bison, dots, signs. Length : 200 m.
4. La Grotte des Faux-Monnayeurs. (The
Counterfeiters Cave) The remains of a 17th century workshop for making counterfeit money
were found in the cave. The paintings were discovered by R. Restes and Michel Lorblanchet.
Signs and dots. Length : 150 m.
5. La Grotte du Cantal. The paintings were
discovered by Abbé Amédée Lemozi in 1920. Signs, hand prints, dots, ibex. Length : over
160 m.
6. Le Cuzoul de Mélanie. "cuzoul" is an
Occitan word, usually spelt cusol, which means cave. The engavings were
discovered by Abbé Amédée Lemozi. A bison. Length : 25 m.
 7. La Grotte Marcenac (classed as an historic
monument). Discovered in 1850, it has been visited frequently and so has been damaged. The
paintings and engravings were discovered in 1920 by Armand Viré, the canon of Albe and
Abbé Lemozi. Deer, goats, signs, horses,
bison. Length : 130 m.
 8. La Grotte de Sainte Eulalie. Engravings were
discovered in 1920 by Abbé Amédée Lemozi. Badly preserved engravings : animal figures
(deer, goats, horses, wild boar, bear) and signs. Length : many kilometers. (the
engravings are around the entrance).
9. La Grotte du Papetier: Engravings discovered in
1968 by Michel Lorblanchet. Badly preserved engravings : a bull, three signs. Length : 70
m.
 10. La Grotte du Moulin. The cave and the
paintings were discovered in 1978 by Noël and Laurent Bun and Jean-Pierre Lagasquie.
Paintings : black bison. Length : 40 m. (from Michel Lorblanchet and Jean
Pierre Lagasquie, in L'art des cavernes, Imprimerie Nationale, Paris 1984)
11. La Grotte de la Bigourdane. Engravings of
reindeer discovered by André Ipiens in 1981. Length : 30 m (from Michel Lorblanchet et
André Ipiens, in L'art des cavernes, Imprimerie Nationale, Paris 1984)
 12. La Grotte de Pergouset (classed as an historic
monument). The cave and the engravings were discovered in 1964 by Guy Astruc and Gabriel
Maury. Engravings : horses, bison, goats, imaginary animals, vulvas, a human shape. Length
: 150 m (the prehistoric part only).
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