Circuit of the Cloup d'Aural Phosphates

This path takes place partly on the way to Compostela and goes alongside old phosphate mines where many fossils lie.

In 2007, the inventory of the geological heritage of the Lot department revealed the presence of a geological heritage of unsuspected richness. This inventory revealed the presence of a very diversified heritage with indications of the opening of the central Atlantic Ocean 170 million years ago, an exceptional karstic morphology, rare mineral forms, etc.