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Belmont Cave-2 August 16, 2010 |
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District: Belmont |
Parish: Clarendon |
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WGS84 L/L: 18 02 33.6, 77 21 09.5 |
JAD2001: 712663 E, 654758 N |
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JAD69: 212552 E, 154469 N |
Altitude: 510m WGS84 |
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Accuracy: +/- 5m horizontal; +/- 10m vertical |
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Type: Shelter |
Accessibility: Walk-in |
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Depth: 6m |
Length: 10m |
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Explorers: GSD, 1954(?) |
Survey: None |
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JU Ref: pg 90 |
JU Map: N/A |
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Entrance size: 6m wide, 3m high |
Entrance aspect: Not noted |
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Vegetation in general locale: Scrub/farm |
Vegetation at entrance: Scrub |
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Geology: White limestone |
Bedding: Poor |
Jointing: Poor |
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Speleothems: Stals |
Palaeo resources: None seen |
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Archaeo resources: None seen |
Hydrology: Dry |
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Dark zone: 0%. |
Climate: outside ambient. |
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Bats: <100 |
Bat guano: None |
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Guano mining: Historical |
Guano condition: N/A |
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Visitation: Occasional |
Speleothem damage: None |
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Graffiti: None seen |
Trash: None |
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Ownership: Private |
Protection: None |
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Vulnerability: Low |
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Belmont Cave-2
The cave was visited during the course of determining that the near by site, Raymonds Cave, is a duplicate entry for Birdgiddie Cave. Stewart returned to the district for a final, thorough search, which yielded only one more – this site. It is a good match for the JU entry, which reads, “A shallow cave contains guano deposits”.August 16, 2010 Team: RS Stewart Notes: RS Stewart It is not much more than a shelter, with short descending extensions on the left and right. There is no true dark zone. The resident who led Stewart to the entrance stated that guano was dug here in the past, but no bats were present during the visit. Presumably, it is an occasional Artibeus jamaicensis roost, with total numbers at any one time under 100. There seems little point in capture and release netting. A quick look revealed no pictograms or petroglyphs, although the morphology (open, dry, and airy) would have been conducive to its use by Taino. That said, it is well inland from both coasts, and isn’t near any rivers, so it is doubtful that it will have archaeo resources. |
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