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Through Causses and Cevennes

Le ravin des Valettes et ses fours à calamine
Le hameau d'Algues
Sur le Causse Bégon...
Through Causses and Cevennes
Le Causse Bégon
Vue sur les Gorges du Trévezel et de la Dourbie
Credit : Virginie Govignon - OT Larzac et Vallées

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On the borders of the Grands Causses, on the edge of the Cévennes, walk the “Garden of Aveyron”: a symphony of majestic landscapes punctuated by a heritage with a remarkable character.From the  Place du Claux, follow the D999 towards Saint-Jean du Bruel. After the war memorial, take the street on the left towards Ambouls. Cross the bridge of La Prade and continue on the road for 50 meters.Turn left on the trail which goes up along the horse club lands. At 1 km, at the crossroad take on the left towards Roc Nantais-Trèves.At the exit of the woods, opposite a large field, and far away the ruins of the farm of Anguiral, take on the right the path towards Œil-de-Bœuf (excavation in a rock).Oblique right, cross a field (be attentive to the marks) and take the stony path which goes down steep slope and reaches the stream of Valettes. Follow it and pass near old calamine ovens. Continue keeping right in the valley and arrive to Saint-Gleys. Cross the hamlet and continue on the road to the left towards Saint-Jean-du-Bruel. At the entrance of the village turn right and cross the old bridge.Go left to discover the center of the village, then return to the bridge. Take the road D999 towards Nant for 500m, then turn left towards Fougayrolles. Cross the hamlet and continue left towards a path which goes up to a cross. Follow right the road which leads to the ruins of Algues Castle. Possibility to go and back to the panorama.Continue on a wide dirt road which goes down to the valley and arrives to the fortified Castelnau farm. Take the D999 on left for 1,2km.Take right the road which crosses the Dourbie river on a submersible bridge. 50m after the bridge, turn left on the road and continue north.Cross the La Prade bridge and return to Nant.

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Difficulty
Hard
Duration
6h
Dist.
19 km
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Lat : 44.022714Lng : 3.301558

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Les fours des Valettes

Les fours des Valettes ont été inaugurés en 1905, la concession ayant été obtenue la même année par la Société des Mines Métalliques de l’Aveyron. Son périmètre s’étend entre Saint-Jean et le Causse-Bégon et les travaux concernent « La Gardiole », les Valettes (au-dessus des fours), « Les Baldy » et « L’Yfer » au dessus du ruisseau dit de Saint-Gleys entre Barjac et le confluent des Valettes. Le minerai principal est constitué par la calamine contenant 35 à 40% de zinc. Les cinq fours sont destinés à l’enrichissement par la méthode dite de réduction.Au fur et à mesure de l’avancement des recherches, les résultats s’avèrent très vite décevants, car si de 1901 à 1904, 800 tonnes de calamine sont extraites, 390 tonnes en 1905, 435 tonnes en 1906, on en traite seulement 160 tonnes en 1909. Les travaux doivent s’arrêter en 1914 et ne seront jamais repris. Après leur abandon, la batterie des cinq fours va servir de carrière. Les trois ouvertures de défournage sont chacune revêtue de deux rangées de briques réfractaires. Ces briques serviront à un artisan local pour la fabrication de petits fours métalliques pour la cuisson du pain, à garder la chaleur douillette sous les pieds et les lits des Saint-Jeantais, et enfin à la construction de la cheminée du chauffage de l’église.Source : article de Claude Bouteiller, revue Causses et Cévennes du Club Cévenol n°4-Août Septembre Octobre 2004

- Parc naturel régional des Grands Causses -
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Public transport

To find a means of transport go to Transport Aveyron.Think about carpooling and hitchhicking: Rezopouce; Aires de covoiturage

Advice

Yellow signs.Steep uphill and downhill.

Is in the midst of the park

This itinerary is located in the World Heritage zone Causses and Cévennes, mediterranean agropastoral cultural landscape.

Advised parking

Place du Claux

Access

From Millau, take the D809 towards Montpellier, then at La Cavalerie turn left on the D999 to the village of Nant.From the motorway A75:- Coming from the north, take exit 47 La Cavalerie, then take the D999 to Nant- Coming from the south, take exit 49 Le Caylar, follow the direction of La Couvertoirade and continue on the D55 to Nant.

Arrival

Place du Claux

Ambiance

At the confluence of crystal-clear rivers, the Dourbie and the Durzon, this itinerary where the Causse Bégon looks up and down the foothills of the Cévennes, reserves sumptuous panoramas of the gorges of Dourbie and Trévezel. A route marked with the history of Nant and its canals, old calamine ovens, and St-Jean du Bruel, a Cevenol enclave in Aveyron.

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Place du Claux

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