# Glozel (Champ des Morts), Ferrières-sur-Sichon · Place > 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.… Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0DEDKXPBM5YJ/glozel-champ-des-morts-ferrieres-sur-sichon Publisher: Mysteries Department Licence: CC BY 4.0 (credit Mysteries Department and link the page) --- [Places](https://mysteriesdept.com/places)Glozel (Champ des Morts), Ferrières-sur-Sichon Place · find-site · in 1 mystery # Glozel (Champ des Morts), Ferrières-sur-Sichon [Glozel: the inscribed tablets of the Fradin field](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/glozel)[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). Written from the site's records. [Improve it](https://mysteriesdept.com/developers) 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 ](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/glozel) [Are the inscribed tablets of Glozel ancient objects, and if so from what period?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/glozel/questions/QST0DEDTMA3SG8Y/are-the-inscribed-tablets-of-glozel-ancient-objects-and-if)Open: 5 answers, none ahead [Do the Glozel signs form a writing system that records a language?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/glozel/questions/QST0DEDTPBXAPB0/do-the-glozel-signs-form-a-writing-system-that-records-a)Open: 4 answers, none ahead [Do the thermoluminescence dates on the Glozel ceramics record the original firing or a later reheating?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/glozel/questions/QST0DEDTPR71P95/do-the-thermoluminescence-dates-on-the-glozel-ceramics)Open: 2 answers, none ahead [Which published alphabets do the Glozel signs resemble, and could a forger of the 1920s have drawn on them?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/glozel/questions/QST0DEDTR4X4Q7P/which-published-alphabets-do-the-glozel-signs-resemble-and)Open: no answer ahead yet ## What happened here 4 1 Mar 1924[Émile and Claude Fradin break into a clay-lined chamber while ploughing](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/glozel/events/EVT0DEDQRA4HQTS/emile-and-claude-fradin-break-into-a-clay-lined-chamber) with [Émile Fradin](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/FIG0DEDMD1T0QJ5/emile-fradin) 24 May 1925[Antonin Morlet leases the field and starts excavating with Émile Fradin](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/glozel/events/EVT0DEDQRZJ2Q99/antonin-morlet-leases-the-field-and-starts-excavating-with) with [Émile Fradin](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/FIG0DEDMD1T0QJ5/emile-fradin) · [Antonin Morlet](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/FIG0DEDMDFK4B9Y/antonin-morlet) 5 Nov 1927[Seven prehistorians dig under guard and report the finds are not ancient](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/glozel/events/EVT0DEDQZSX7PBQ/seven-prehistorians-dig-under-guard-and-report-the-finds-are) with [Antonin Morlet](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/FIG0DEDMDFK4B9Y/antonin-morlet) · [Dorothy Garrod](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/FIG0DEDME6C9N4E/dorothy-garrod) 4 Dec 1983[The Ministry of Culture digs five trial trenches and finds a medieval glassworks](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/glozel/events/EVT0DEDRBZS4V47/the-ministry-of-culture-digs-five-trial-trenches-and-finds-a) with [Jean Guilaine](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/FIG0DEDMEKAPAYT/jean-guilaine) ## Nearby within 500 km [Musée de Glozel](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0DEDKXWVC3XD/musee-de-glozel) museum here [Vichy](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0DEDKY0NA183/vichy) city 17 km NW [European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Grenoble](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D367P4467SB/european-synchrotron-radiation-facility-grenoble) synchrotron 186 km SE [Lirey, Aube, Champagne](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0CWY2BDM34TF/lirey-aube-champagne) village 238 km N [Musée des Beaux-Arts, Château royal de Blois](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0CT7N2D60D3P/musee-des-beaux-arts-chateau-royal-de-blois) museum 244 km NW [Institut de France, Paris](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D367PKR09RW/institut-de-france-paris) learned society 328 km N ## People 4 [ÉF **Émile Fradin** ](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/FIG0DEDMD1T0QJ5/emile-fradin)[AM **Antonin Morlet** ](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/FIG0DEDMDFK4B9Y/antonin-morlet)[DG **Dorothy Garrod** ](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/FIG0DEDME6C9N4E/dorothy-garrod)[JG **Jean Guilaine** ](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/FIG0DEDMEKAPAYT/jean-guilaine) ## Cite it ``` Mysteries Department. (2026). Glozel (Champ des Morts), Ferrières-sur-Sichon [Place PLC0DEDKXPBM5YJ]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/PLC0DEDKXPBM5YJ ``` Key **PLC** 0DEDKXPBM5YJ Record Place Kind Find-site Position 46.0330° N, 3.6000° E Precision About 1 km 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. Version 1 Added by [apollo](https://mysteriesdept.com/u/apollo) **How this page is made.** The position and its precision are the record's, checked against OpenStreetMap and Wikidata; the map is drawn from Natural Earth. Everything else is the site's own record of what happened here. Six other places on the site lie within 500 km. The record Every record is open data. Take this one as JSON, with its links and its history. [JSON](https://mysteriesdept.com/api/v1/records/PLC0DEDKXPBM5YJ)