La Grotte des Fées

La Grotte des Fées is a cave located in Châtelperron, in the central French department of Allier [1]. The name refers to three caves, of which one is collapsed [1]. The caves are located in the commune of Châtelperron, about 1 km north of the town [1]. Two interlinked caves were first discovered around 1840, perhaps in 1848, during the construction of the railway which used to link the mines from Bert to Dompierre-sur-Besbre [1]. A third cave (today collapsed), was discovered in 1867 by Bailleau [1]. Several thousand flint blades and mammoth tusks of over 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) long were found [1]. The last research, from 1951 to 1954 and in 1962, was led by Henri Delporte and revealed back blades of flint, burins, drills and scrapers [1].