Caesar’s Camp in Lignaud

Date of your route : Mar 30, 2026
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : No

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Date of your route : Jul 04, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing
Route interest : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing
Very busy route : No

First of all, I’d like to make it clear that I’m aware the author of this guide is not responsible for the disastrous state of the footpaths in France.
1) I chose ‘disappointing’ to describe how easy it was to follow the route, because at point 4 the forest track no longer exists.
The woodland has been completely cleared and the ground churned up by machinery. All that remains are stumps and a pile of branches, of varying sizes, scattered about and tending to pile up at the edges – and thus on what may, perhaps, be the remains of the path.
The ground is overrun with very aggressive brambles.
To continue the walk, you have to go under the barbed wire to enter the field on the right. Then go round the pond, passing in front of the drinking trough, and rejoin the wide path in the left-hand corner of the field by going under the barbed wire again.
2) I chose ‘disappointing’ to describe the route’s appeal because it only offers views of cultivated fields, just like everywhere else. ‘Caesar’s camp’ is nowhere to be seen, except perhaps from the air. Seen from the ground, it’s a myth.

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Date of your route : Nov 30, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : Not used / Not applicable
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Lignaud is a large village; we had trouble finding the starting point, which isn’t very obvious. It would be helpful to mention that there’s a bottle recycling bin where you park.

Then, at the point where you need to turn left onto the path (the old Roman road), for people who get caught up in conversation and forget to follow the yellow arrow as well, it would be helpful to specify that you should turn left at the first path. As the instructions say to go straight on until you reach a small road, we followed the path straight on until we reached the main road leading to Chambon-Sainte-Croix. So we missed the first path on the left.

Otherwise, the entrance to the coniferous woodland is really very wild and lovely.

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Date of your route : Oct 31, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average

The first part of this route is pleasant; it’s a shame that the section before marker number 5 is impassable – you have to make your way through the felled section of the forest, through the brambles, to rejoin the rest of the route.

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Date of your route : Apr 07, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

The walk was short but enjoyable. The section through the forest between points 4 and 5 is made a little tricky by the numerous tree trunks lying on the ground (in April 2019), and at first you might hesitate a little about heading in that direction. The route markings and description are good – thank you.

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Date of your route : Jun 02, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

First of all, the communal land is on the outskirts of the village. Secondly, the path isn’t maintained, and worst of all, a company is felling trees and has failed to leave a path between points 4 and 5. What makes it hardest for the 5-year-old (having to make her way through the brambles) is a shame, because the rest of it is lovely!!

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