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Glozel (Champ des Morts), Ferrières-sur-Sichon

Glozel: the inscribed tablets of the Fradin field 4 events 46.0330° N, 3.6000° E

Glozel (Champ des Morts), Ferrières-sur-Sichon is a find-site in the record of Glozel: the inscribed tablets of the Fradin field, placed to about 1 km.

Four events on the site happened here, between 1924 and 1983: Émile and Claude Fradin break into a clay-lined chamber while ploughing, and later The Ministry of Culture digs five trial trenches and finds a medieval glassworks.

Excavated by Morlet 1925-1936, by the international commission 5-8 November 1927, by the Comité d'études 12-14 April 1928, and by the Ministry of Culture team in December 1983 (five trial trenches).

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Placed from Wikipedia article coordinates for Glozel (46°02′N 3°36′E); the field itself lies a few hundred metres from the hamlet and is not located more precisely in the sources read. · Placed to about 1 km

In the mysteries

Glozel: the inscribed tablets of the Fradin field

4 events

The mystery

Are the inscribed tablets of Glozel ancient objects, and if so from what period?Open: 5 answers, none ahead

Do the Glozel signs form a writing system that records a language?Open: 4 answers, none ahead

Do the thermoluminescence dates on the Glozel ceramics record the original firing or a later reheating?Open: 2 answers, none ahead

Which published alphabets do the Glozel signs resemble, and could a forger of the 1920s have drawn on them?Open: no answer ahead yet

What happened here 4

1 Mar 1924Émile and Claude Fradin break into a clay-lined chamber while ploughing

with Émile Fradin

24 May 1925Antonin Morlet leases the field and starts excavating with Émile Fradin

with Émile Fradin · Antonin Morlet

5 Nov 1927Seven prehistorians dig under guard and report the finds are not ancient

with Antonin Morlet · Dorothy Garrod

4 Dec 1983The Ministry of Culture digs five trial trenches and finds a medieval glassworks

with Jean Guilaine

Nearby within 500 km

Musée de Glozel

museum

here

Vichy

city

17 km NW

European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Grenoble

synchrotron

186 km SE

Lirey, Aube, Champagne

village

238 km N

Musée des Beaux-Arts, Château royal de Blois

museum

244 km NW

Institut de France, Paris

learned society

328 km N

People 4

ÉF

Émile Fradin

Antonin Morlet

Dorothy Garrod

Jean Guilaine

Cite it

Mysteries Department. (2026). Glozel (Champ des Morts), Ferrières-sur-Sichon [Place PLC0DEDKXPBM5YJ]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/PLC0DEDKXPBM5YJ

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  title     = {Glozel (Champ des Morts), Ferrières-sur-Sichon},
  author    = {{Mysteries Department}},
  year      = {2026},
  note      = {Place, catalog key PLC0DEDKXPBM5YJ},
  url       = {https://mysteriesdept.com/r/PLC0DEDKXPBM5YJ}
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