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Hike of "Prignac et Marcamps"

Hike of "Prignac et Marcamps"
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At the car park, leave to the right direction " BL of Prignac and Marcamps and natural site". Stay on this path which goes along a small stream on the right. Leave the one which goes to the right up and to cross near the picnic area and vestiges of a hydraulic arrangement: source, wash house and watercress bed.

At the end of the path turn left and follow one of the canals of the wet zone to join the "Moron" river.

Turn left and follow the river on this route lined with stone benches of Bourgeais stemming from quarries previously seen.
Attention no sign.

At the sign, two possibilities:
- Possibility of getting to the cave of Pair-non-Pair: continue quite straight ahead. At the end of the path, rise by the left to gain a tarred road. Turn right and move forward up to the cave.
- Turn left and move forward up to the playground.

Turn towards the right and to take the path which would almost brown you on your steps. After several meters, at the top of the hill, leave to the left between wood and houses, direction "Prignac and Marcamps Bourg".
Attention no sign.

At the intersection, do not miss the charming church St-Michel de Marcamps dating back to the XIIIth century, in 200 meters on the left; otherwise turn right. Follow the way tarred until the intersection with the D133. Cross quite straight ahead by the "Chemin de Cabiraud".

Do not miss to discover the picturesque wash house of Nolly: the sign indicates it on the left. At the end of the "Chemin de Cabiraud", turn left and follow the road up to the "Chemin de Moulinot". Turn left and follow quite straight ahead. Make a commitment on the path marked out to the left and to follow it among copses up to the small tarred road. There, turn left and walk between the impressive quarries of open-air stone until the intersection with the D133.
Attention no sign.

Leave to the left on the D133 and almost immediately turn right to come down the "Chemin de Jolias". At the second crow's-foot, set to the left to enter the hamlet. At the corner of the last house, turn left and go down the path which returns to the natural site of "Moron". Pursue the descent until the signs.

Turn left to join the car park.

Technical informations

This circuit was updated on: 02/08/2017
4.6 km
1 h 30 mn
max. 38 m
min. 2 m
31 m
Styles : BaladeIn the country
Public : Family
Theme : Patrimony

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Starting point

105 Chemin du Moulin de Landard , 33710 Prignac-et-Marcamps
Lat : 45.04211Lng : -0.49164

Points of interest

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WINDOWS ONTO THE ESTUARY

"Window onto the estuary" are a counterpart of the discovery itineraries. They present you the canton history, geography, environment, patrimony or culture and in a larger point of view, the estuary. With this "Window onto the estuary", you will discover the natural site of t"Le Moron" labelised Natura 2000.

105 Chemin du Moulin de Landard 33710 Prignac-et-Marcamps
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Natural site

The site of the Moron, 92 hectares, is a wet zone sheltering numerous botanical and animal species. It is a natural space and environmentally sensitive area whose protection is essential for natural heritage. The wet zones are dying (urbanization, intensification of the agricultural practices, the drainage) and must be absolutely protected because they shelter more than 50 % of the animal species and more than 30 % of French botanical species. That's why the site is awarded Natura 2000 (European network of protection of the natural heritage) and in ZNIEFF of class 1 (natural zone of environmental interest regarding fauna and flora). Thanks to this classification, we manage to maintain the species in their optimal ecological conditions.

8 Chemin de Jolias 33710 Prignac-et-Marcamps
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Botanical species of the natural site

In the natural site of Moron, we can find protected botanical species, due to their rarity on the French territory, as the summer nivéole, the buttercup with sheets of Ophioglosse, the ash tree with narrow sheets, the yellow pigamon. Other species more ubiquistes are very present on the site as various sorts of willows, ash trees, alders, iris and a typical plant of the wet zones: the carex or the sedge. We recognize them by the triangular stalk and they often grow in clods. These species called locally "bauge", are very representative of the site of Moron, because they were the only agricultural production of the zones of swamp. The farmers mowed the meadows in August and returned the bauge which was the litter for their cattle. But little by little, the herds made more and more rare and the bauge was not any more pinched, that is why we attend an advanced abandonment of the waterside lands in Moron.

4 Chemin du Moulin de Landard 33710 Prignac-et-Marcamps
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Animal species of the natural site

The site is a potential refuge for the protected species that are the otter and the mink of Europe. However no individual was ever seen on the site. 41 species of birds were heard on the site. Most are of forest type and only 5 species are typical wet zones. We can hear, green woodpeckers, grey herons, hoopoes facies or still warblers. The site has also the peculiarity to welcome numerous butterflies (very rare species: "le cuivré des marais" butterfly, the copper-colored of swamps) as well as a sort of lizard and snake (the lizard of bulwarks and green and yellow grass-snake). We also find the common toad and the agile frog. Nevertheless we can also add that as on most of the current natural sites, we note the presence of invasive species as the crawfish of Louisiana, Jussie and the negundo maple.

4 Chemin des Écureuils 33710 Tauriac
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St Michel de Marcamps church

St Michel de Marcamps church is a Romanesque church from the 12th century. Its furniture almost disappeared. Nevertheless, its stained glasses were recently redone. In a contemporary style, they embody the natural and cultural heritage of the village of Prignac et Marcamps. Nowadays it welcomes exhibitions as well as concerts.

10-11 Place de l'Église Saint-Michel 33710 Prignac-et-Marcamps
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Nolly's wash house

15-29 Chemin de Cabiraud 33710 Prignac-et-Marcamps
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Carrières de pierre

380 La Croix Blanche 33710 Prignac-et-Marcamps
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The Pair-non-Pair cave

The cave of Pair non Pair is decorated with parietal engravings representing horses, ibexes, cervids, mammoths and cattle dated Aurignacien (between 33 000 and 26 000 years before Christ). Moving testimony of the artistic awakening of the humanity, it is one of the most remarkable decorated caves of the beginning of the upper Palaeolithic. It was discovered near the valley of Moron in 1881 by an eminent local archaeologist, François Daleau. We owe this find thanks to a cow which clamped its hoof in a hole. In Lascaux, 60 years later, it was the dog which opened the way by falling in a hole... Infos +33 (0)5 57 68 33 40.

4 Chemin de Pair Non Pair 33710 Prignac-et-Marcamps
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ST ETIENNE CHURCH OF TAURIAC

The western front (except the steeple) is classified Historical Monument since 1954. The church has buttresses adorned with decorated corbels as the indoor and outdoor capitals are.

7 Place des Tilleuls 33710 Tauriac
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Cave Alliance Bourg-Tauriac

Opened everyday from Monday to Sunday from 9:00 am to 12:30 pm and from 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm. Infos alliancebourg.com Infos +33 5 57 94 07 07

1 Avenue des Côtes de Bourg 33710 Tauriac
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