0091: Orilla Mijeo, Cueva de la
La Secada 30T 451496 4797568 (Datum: ETRS89. Accuracy code: G) Altitude 198m
Length 35m
Area position : Site entrance in context : Logbook search

Updated 21st, 27th October 2001; 27th September 2007; 21st December 2008; 30th April 2024

The entrance, now surrounded by "jungle", has a large chestnut tree below. It is best approached from the road above, climbing down on the west side of the rubbish dump. A hands-and-knees entry leads into a long chamber sloping down to the left. Up on the right all routes close in.

  A stoop leads into a long chamber sloping down to the left. On the right there is a climb down into a series of squeezes which choke. Children were frightened away from this cave by the story that it contained a large snake.
  A flat millstone or quern, of uncertain age, was found in the lowest part of the main passage. A line drawing of this is found in Ruiz Cobo Jesús and Smith Peter et al, 2001. Ruiz Cobo Jesús and Smith Peter, 2003 has a photo of the molino barquiforme. This is a similar size to one found in Cueva Cofresnedo (Ruiz Cobo Jesús et al, 2008, p138).

On a visit at Easter 2000, it was suggested that the draught was coming up through the floor back into the main mass of big boulders. The visit at Easter 2024 found little definitive air movement and found no new leads.

References: Corrin J S and Smith P, 1981; material in file; Smith Peter and Ruiz Cobo Jesús, 1999; anon., 2000b (Easter logbook); Ruiz Cobo Jesús and Smith Peter et al, 2001 (includes line drawing); Ruiz Cobo Jesús and Smith Peter, 2003 (photo); anon., 2007d (summer logbook); Corrin Juan, 2007a; Ruiz Cobo Jesús et al, 2008; Ruiz Cobo Jesús et al, 2008 (survey); anon., 2024b (Easter logbook)
Entrance pictures : 1991, 2024
Underground picture(s): 2007, 2024
Video: Easter 2024 (YouTube)
Detailed Survey : 1:500
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