0477: cave
S Vega 30T 451492 4795377 (Datum: ETRS89. Accuracy code: G) Altitude 216m
Length 43m Depth 7m
Area position : Site entrance in context : Logbook search

Updated 19th February 1999; 14th May 2000; 25th June 2010; 9th September 2022; 20th March, 13th May 2023

Entrance is 50m down the track from site 178.

The depression contains the walk-in entrance to a stooping chamber, 10m long. Running water is heard through a small hole up to the left and straight ahead. The higher hole was dug through to a squeeze up to a further dig at the head of a 5m pitch which would drop into the chamber entered through the lower hole.

The way in is through the excavated lower hole which drops into a 6m high chamber with a sump downstream and low going upstream towards Cueva de Haya (178).

It is presumed that the water is next seen in site 1481.

Link to entry in the Cave Diving Sump Index.

In July 2022, the hole was enlarged to make access easier and the cave was surveyed. A dig outside was started but little progress made, possibly in 3381? The site was "looked in" in March 2023 and visited on 2 occasions the following month.

Bat information
Date: 4/4/2023; 5/4/2023
Evidence of occupation (only): feeding perches
Bat remains (number): -
Species identified name (number): lesser horseshoe bat (1)
Other notes:
Photos from visit: entrance photos below

References: anon., 1983b (logbook); anon., 1993c (Easter logbook); anon., 2010b (Easter logbook); Corrin Juan, 2011; anon., 2022c (summer logbook); anon., 2023b (Easter logbook)
Entrance pictures : 1999(?), 2010 and 2023 : video, April 2023
Underground pictures: 2010 and 2022
Detailed Survey : 2022
Line Survey :
On area survey :
Survex file : 2022

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