0870: shaft
La Secada 30T 453083 4798266 (Datum: ETRS89. Accuracy code: G) Altitude 247m
Length 12m Depth 10m
Area posiion : Site entrance in context : Logbook search

Updated 26th April 2012; 22nd May 2017; 27th January 2025

   A choked 10m pitch which is tagged 870.
   At Easter 2012, the site was described as "an 8m shaft with saplings".
   The pre-GPS grid reference was VN53199848 Alt. 257m; first GPS reading was 30T 453085 4798263 and the Easter 2017 reading is shown above.
   When revisited during the winter 7 years later, it was described as being packed with bones, rusty tin cans of varying sizes, many broken bottles, some shoes and an old enamelled pan. This rubbish could be a midden / household rubbish dump for a nearby occupied cave / cabaña and may be classed as an archaeological site, depending on the depth / age of the rubbish.

Reference: anon., 1991 (logbook); anon., 2012b (Easter logbook); anon., 2017b (Easter logbook); anon., 2024f (Christmas logbook)
Entrance pictures : 2017, 2025
Underground pictures: 2025
Video: 2025 (YouTube)
Detailed Survey : in hand
Line Survey :
On area survey :
Survex file : 2025

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