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Richmond Park Cave August 13, 2010 |
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District: Richmond Park |
Parish: Clarendon |
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WGS84 L/L: 18 02 37.7 N, 77 22 09.8 W |
JAD2001: 710890 E, 654887 N |
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JAD69: 210779 E, 154599 N |
Altitude: 530m WGS84 |
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Accuracy: +/- 5m horizontal; +/- 10m vertical |
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Type: Shaft to a cave |
Accessibility: Vertigear |
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Depth: 28m |
Length: N/A |
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Explorers: Unknown |
Survey: None |
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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: Undetermined |
Palaeo resources: Undetermined |
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Archaeo resources: Undetermined |
Hydrology: Dry |
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Dark zone: Undetermined |
Climate: Undetermined |
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Bats: Undetermined |
Bat guano: Undetermined |
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Guano mining: Historical |
Guano condition: Undetermined |
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Visitation: Occasional |
Speleothem damage: Undetermined |
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Graffiti: Undetermined |
Trash: Undetermined |
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Ownership: Private |
Protection: None |
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Vulnerability: High |
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Richmond Park Cave
Kingman and Stewart visited the site, but the entrance shaft was not descended. The entrance is about 4m wide, narrowing as it goes up, with an upward facing opening at the top of the low cliff in which it is found.August 13, 2010 Team: RS Stewart, Kingman Notes: RS Stewart From JU we have, "A 7m drop to a ledge and then a 25m drop to a chamber that has been mined for gunao". A mist net is probably best for catch and release of bats. The local residents told us that about 5 or 6 years ago two white men, accompanied by Jamaicans, went down the shaft using cable ladders, and then caught and removed bats. The owner of the land external to the entrance is Egbert Dawkins. Contact is possible via “Piggy” at (by request only). |