177 La Cuevuca
South Vega VN51599551 Alt. 250m  Length 441m Depth 84m

Updated 19th February 1999; 19th February 1999; 16th September 2000

A small entrance lies 10m to the west of an obvious goat shelter at the head of a small wooded valley, just above Cueva del Haya (178). The hole drops onto a slope down into a chamber. Some pottery has been found on the left of the slope. On the right parallel passages soon choke.

At the end of the entrance chamber a squeeze enters a well decorated room with a nice gour floor. A climb of 4m up flowstone leads to a large chamber with a loose hole in the centre. By scrambling around, a large passage is reached. To the north east, a well decorated tunnel passes a blind 10m pitch and ends after 120m very close to the surface. To the southwest, a decorated passage becomes smaller until a squeeze onto the head of a greasy, sloping 50m pitch. This is broken by ledges and ends on boulders which slope down to a dismal sump at valley level.

References: Corrin J S and Smith P, 1981; Smith P, 1981b (survey and photo); anon., 1981 (logbook); Corrin J et al, 1981a; Corrin J, 1981; Corrin J, 1983c; Ortiz N, 1982 (survey); material in file; anon., 1998c (Christmas logbook)
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