5353: cave
Hornedo 30T 448463 4800718 (Datum: ETRS89. Accuracy code: G) Altitude 122m
Length 8m Depth 5m
Area position : Logbook search
Updated 28th November 2023
Three features have little more than a metre between each. This site is the most northerrn; 5359 and 5360 lie to the south. (See video)
The duck-in entrance is walking size passage for 5m to a 2m climb down fluted pillars and calcite to limited space and a good draught. Stones rattled down one small hole for several metres. By the end of 2 digging sessions "the climb down was 5m to the capping spoil heap with a narrow rift heading back towards the entrance. In front, through a hole large enough for both feet, was a narrow downward tube that appeared to break out a metre or so below foot level. Stones bounced down what might be a steep slope or, if unlucky, a too narrow rift." [Phil Parker]
Three visits were made in the autumn 2023 when the entrance was draughting in. The entrance rift was widened and digging and widening at the end enabled a view down "about 8m to a floor in a hading rift". The rift remains very tight at the top.
Reference: anon., 2023b (Easter logbook); anon., 2023d (autumn logbook)
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Video : entrance positions, April 2023 (YouTube)
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