2223 dig
La Gatuna 30T 0449823 4799989 Altitude 157m Length 130m Depth 9m

Updated 15th October 2005

A draughting rift in a limestone scar lies in a wooded depression behind a house. At the base of the free-climbable 4m entrance drop are various items of rubbish including udder wash containers. The passage leads to a tall rift chamber with holes in the floor between boulders.Blocks were removed at the top of a climb up to going cave.
A side passage on the left is passed before crawling is required, then passing a pit on the left (which has a narrow, choked slot at the base). Some 45m from the entrance this passage ends at the base of a run-in which does not look promising. This point is about 8m horizontally and 5m vertically away from a point to the south in Cubio de La Gatuna. (The whole of this cave appears to have developed on a beds 5m higher than the Cubio, but this could be a surveying error).
The side passage can be followed to a junction where passage to the right rejoins the main passage. At the next junction, the right hand route leads through a mixture of stooping and crawling on sand with some nice scallops to two doglegs. Beyond, a rock blockage in a narrowing crawl prevents further progress. The passage can be seen getting smaller uphill for about 6m.
Back at the junction, the northern route leads to a pit in the floor and a choke. A dig just back from here on the western side of the passage requires the removal of a rib of rock in the floor.
At the base of the entrance climb there are a series of narrow rifts under the wall that become too tight.

Reference: anon., 2005b (Easter & summer logbook)
Entrance pictures: yes
Underground picture(s):
Video:
Detailed Survey : 1:500 with Cubio de La Gatuna
Line survey:
On area survey: with Cubio de La Gatuna and other nearby holes
Survex file: with Cubio de La Gatuna