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June 15, 2004 NODEWOOD CAVE 2 Position: WGS84 - 18 15' 49.6" N, 77 48' 58.6" W, +/- 5m Field notes: D. K. ROGGY Cavers: R. S. Stewart, D. K. Roggy, E. Slack Time in: 13:00 EST, Time out: 13:45 EST THREAT VULNERABILITY: High A large grotto like cave with several entrances, so much so that most of the cave is in twilight. A gardening center walled off the main entrance and put a locked gate in it about 15 years ago. They store flower cuttings in it. Stefan noted some rudist fossils in the soft limestone that was caked onto the hard limestone of the walls. Fruit bats were present. To the right of the main, gated entrance was a low tunnel, about 1m high by 2m wide. I went in to investigate, crawling through clay rich reddish brown mud for a few meters, over a ramp of stone and ending in a choke. I wondered whether this was supposed to be the other nodewood cave noted by McGrath (and not found by a 1970 JCC expedition), or whether one of the many entrances of the larger cave were mistaken for a different cave. The garden center staff knew of no other cave. |
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