Matienzo CP: Index page

Descriptions - alphabetical listing of sites with frames or without frames

Descriptions - numerical listing of sites with frames or without frames

Associated files
Survex 3d files can be downloaded for certain caves and areas. The Aven viewer is required and this can be downloaded from the Survex site. The version currently used is 1.2.43 (at May 2021). An alternative to the Aven viewer is the Loch viewer found in the Therion package. Although this doesn't show station numbers, it does display cave line and walls in stereo when viewed though red/cyan glasses.
PDF files have also been produced for many surveys. The Foxit pdf reader can be downloaded from here.
PNG files have (in 2006) started to be produced from Tunnel. These can be viewed in a browser window.
SVG files can also be viewed directly in a browser window.

Acknowledgements (updated 20/5/2021)
The cave descriptions on the Matienzo Caves web site would not be possible without all the "anonymous" log book contributors and the major input from the following contributors, either in writing cave descriptions, drawing original cave surveys, or contributing photographs / videos:

Cave descriptions:

Tim Allen (TA)
Rob Amner (RA)
Diane Arthurs (DAr)
Martin Barnicott (MB)
Tony Brocklebank (TB)
Richard Bullock (RBu)
Chris Camm (CCa)
James Carlisle (JCa)
Bob Cawthorne (BC)
Ian Chandler (IC)
Jane Chilton (Cobrey, Brew) (JCh)
Tom Clayton (TCl)
Dave Cooke (DC)
Simon Cornhill (SCo)
Juan Corrin (JC)
Barry Davies (BD)
Jim Davis (JD)
Nigel Dibben (ND)
Paul Dold (PD)
Jessica Eades (JEa)
Peter Eagan (PE)
Paul Fretwell (PF)
Chris Fry (CF)
Mandy Fu (MF)
Paul Gelling (PG)
Dave Gledhill (DG)
Phil Goodwin (PGo)
Andy Hall (AH)
Dave Hanson (DHa)
Dan Hibberts (DH)
Amata Hinkle (AHi)
Alf Latham (AL)
Johnny Latimer (JL)
Simon Latimer (SLa)
Jude Latimer (Onions) (JOn)
Rebecca Lawson (RL)
Jim Lister (JLs)
Harry Long (HL)
Phil Miles (PM)
Laurence Mills (LM)
Dickon Morris (DMo)
Roy Mundy (RM)
Alasdair Neill (AN)
Steve Openshaw (SO)
John Palmer (JP)
Phil Papard (PP)
Phil Parker (PPa)
Andy Pringle (AP)
Andy Quin (AQ)
Torben Redder (TR)
Abby Rhodes (AR)
Alex Ritchie (ARi)
Neil Robertson (NR)
Phil Rowsell (PR)
Dave Ryall (DRy)
Adam Sharples (ASh)
Guy Simonnot (GSi)
Rupert Skorupka (RS)
Pete Smith (PS)
Carmen Smith (Haskell) (CSm)
John Southworth (JS)
Paul Stacey (PSt)
Steve Thomas (ST)
Jeff Wade (JWe)
Patrick Warren (PWa)
Terry Whitaker (TW)
Jon Whiteley (JW)
Geoff Yeadon (GY)
John Yeadon (JY)

Photographs and videos:

Frank Addis (FA)
Chris Agnew (CA)
Alan Allsop (AAl)
Diane Arthurs (DAr)
Andrew Atkinson (AA)
Kirsty Bamber (KB)
Martin Barnicott (MB)
Dave Bell (DB)
Allan Berry (AB)
Jonas Binladen (JB)
Billy Booth (BBo)
Alan Box (ABo)
Tony Brocklebank (TB)
Sue Brocklebank (Morton) (SBc)
Bjarne Buchardt (BB)
Richard Bullock (RBu)
Steve Calvert (SCa)
Chris Camm (CCa)
James Carlisle (JCa)
Chris Castle (CCs)
Bob Cattley (BCa)
Bob Cawthorne (BC)
Lloyd Cawthorne (LCa)
Ted Cawthorne (TCa)
Ian Chandler (IC)
Jane Chilton (Cobrey, Brew) (JCh)
Carl Clarke (CC)
Tom Clayton (TCl)
Paul Clement-Walker (PCW)
Peter Clewes (PCl)
Joel Colk (JCk)
Dave Cooke (DC)
Sam Corless (SCr)
Simon Cornhill (SCo)
Jenny Corrin (JEC)
Juan Corrin (JC)
Penny Corrin (PC)
Dave Cowley (DCo)
Miriam Cubas (MC)
Gary Cullen (GC)
Clare Dallimore (CD)
Jim Davis (JD)
Anthony Day (Ady)
Nicky Dennis (NDe)
Nigel Dibben (ND)
Simon Dillon (SD)
Paul Dold (PD)
Jessica Eades (JEa)
Peter Eagan (PE)
Nigel Easton (NE)
Stuart Emmett (SE)
Andy Farrow (AFa)
Peter Fast Nielsen (PFa)
John Forder (JF)
Paul Fretwell (PF)
Mandy Fu (MF)
Dave Gledhill (DG)
Phil Goodwin (PGo)
Lauren Griffin (LGr)
John Gunn (JGu)
Rosie Hadfield (RH)
Pete Hall (PH)
Graham Hart (GH)
Colin Hayward (CH)
Chris Hibberts (CHi)
Dan Hibberts (DH)
Amata Hinkle (AHi)
Martin Hoff (MHo)
Iain Holland (IHo)
Tom Howard (THo)
Baz Hunt (BH)
Darrell Instrell (DI)
Dan Jackson (DJc)
Chris Jewell (CJe)
Andrew Jones (AJ)
Eddie Jones (EJ)
Pete Jones (PJ)
Jamie Jordan (JJ)
Beth Jupe (BJu)
Emma Key (EK)
Carlos Lamoile Martinez (CLM)
Johnny Latimer (JL)
P Lecocq (PL)
Sam Lieberman (SL)
Tony Littler (TL)
Harry Long (HL)
Helen Long (HLo)
Fleur Loveridge (FL)
Bob Mackin (BM)
Steve Martin (SM)
Edwin Mason (EM)
Andrew Mawer (AMw)
Neil McCallum (NMc)
Charlotte Meakin (CMe)
Laurence Mills (LM)
Dave Milner (DM)
Pete Morgan (PMo)
Andy Morse (AM)
Richard Neal (RN)
Alasdair Neill (AN)
Bill Nix (BN)
Steve Openshaw (SO)
Kåre Øst (KO)
Hilary Papard (HP)
Phil Papard (PP)
Phil Parker (PPa)
Ken Passant (KP)
Anton Petho (APt)
David Purdie (DPu)
Andy Quin (AQ)
Ramon Quintana (RQ)
Torben Redder (TR)
Jørgen Retsbo (JRe)
Abby Rhodes (AR)
Gary Rhodes (GR)
Alex Ritchie (ARi)
Monica Rodríguez Comte (MRC)
Phil Rowsell (PR)
Jesús Ruiz Cobo (JRC)
Neil Rumney (NRu)
Phil Ryder (Pry)
Chris Scaife (CSc)
Steve Sharp (SSa)
Bill Sherrington (BSh)
Mark Shinwell (MSh)
Guy Simonnot (GSi)
Brendan Sloan (BS)
Bill Smith (BSm)
Pete Smith (PS)
Carmen Smith (Haskell) (CSm)
John Southworth (JS)
Geoff Standring (GS)
Ben Stevens (BSt)
Tom Thomson (TT)
John Thorp (JT)
Wendy Thorp (WT)
Julian Todd (JTo)
Mike Topsom (MT)
Arthur Vause (AV)
Djuke Veldhuis (DV)
Jeff Wade (JWe)
Patrick Warren (PWa)
Tim Webber (TWb)
Terry Whitaker (TW)
Jon Whiteley (JW)
Stuart Whitney (SW)
Mark Whyte (MWhy)
Megan Whyte (MWh)
Ed Willetts (EW)
Les Williams (LW)
Paul Wilman (PWl)
Steve Woolven (SWo)
Christine Ziebold (CZ)
Lea Ziebold (LZ)

Line diagrams are drawn by Pete Smith (PS).

Most of the surveys have been redrawn by Juan Corrin (JC) using Acorn !Draw, Corel Draw, occasionally Tunnel and more recently InkScape.The following cavers have provided original survey drawings or completed surveys (usually pdf files) :

Diane Arthurs (DAr)
Martin Barnicott (MB)
Allan Berry (AB)
Jonas Binladen (JB)
Richard Bullock (RBu)
James Carlisle (JCa)
Bob Cawthorne (BC)
Ian Chandler (IC)
Toby Chilton (TC)
Jane Chilton (Cobrey, Brew) (JCh)
John Clarke (JCl)
Tom Clayton (TCl)
Dave Cooke (DC)
Simon Cornhill (SCo)
Juan Corrin (JC)
Liz Cowell (LC)
Dave Cowley (DCo)
Jim Davis (JD)
Nigel Dibben (ND)
Paul Dold (PD)
Jessica Eades (JEa)
Peter Eagan (PE)
Paul Fretwell (PF)
Mandy Fu (MF)
Paul Gelling (PG)
Dave Gledhill (DG)
Phil Goodwin (PGo)
Rob Grimes (BGr)
Dan Hibberts (DH)
Amata Hinkle (AHi)
Martin Holroyd (MH)
Chris Jewell (CJe)
Alf Latham (AL)
Andrew Latimer (ALt)
Johnny Latimer (JL)
Simon Latimer (SLa)
Jude Latimer (Onions) (JOn)
Rebecca Lawson (RL)
Sam Lieberman (SL)
Jason Lin (JLi)
Jim Lister (JLs)
Harry Long (HL)
Laurence Mills (LM)
Dickon Morris (DMo)
Alasdair Neill (AN)
Neil Pacey (NP)
John Palmer (JP)
Phil Papard (PP)
Torben Redder (TR)
Keiran Rooney (KR)
Phil Rowsell (PR)
Dave Ryall (DRy)
Bill Sherrington (BSh)
Guy Simonnot (GSi)
Rupert Skorupka (RS)
Chris Smith (CS)
Pete Smith (PS)
Carmen Smith (Haskell) (CSm)
Carolina Smith de la Fuente (CSF)
John Southworth (JS)
Paul Stacey (PSt)
Mike Topsom (MT)
Dave Tuffery (DT)
Jeff Wade (JWe)
Patrick Warren (PWa)
Tim Webber (TWb)
Terry Whitaker (TW)
John Wilcock (JWl)
Jez Wong (JWo)
Geoff Yeadon (GY)
John Yeadon (JY)

Paul Fretwell (PF) has started the resurvey and redrawing of the Four Valleys System using Tunnel. Phil Papard has combined the surveys of the Cubija (North Vega) System using Corel Draw.

A number of descriptions have been modified from previous publications and the primary authors of those include John Yeadon, Juan Carlos Fernández Gutiérrez and Peter Smith. Dozens more people have contributed to the text by writing up activities in the log books. The total of these contributions has given a particularly complete picture about the sites of speleological interest around Matienzo and their exploration since the mid sixties.
[Since the early 1990's greater contact has occurred between British cavers and others working in surrounding areas - (Tortosa, FCME, Lobetum, SEAD, Jesus, Alix, etc). And also the contributions of other nationalities, eg French. This needs expanding upon].