Zargaran, Farah: Kuh-e Bashto (Ghar)

Location

Zargaran ?, Farah BTH - 27/01/2024

Description

General description
Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 12/12/2015

The "Goldsmith's Source" or "Goldsmith's Cave" (note 1) is 7 meters wide rock shelter, about 5 meters deep, characterised by a lowering ceiling, that soon turns into a obstacle when investigating. The floor was very dry in late April 1958 and criss-crossed with mud-cracks indicating a previous presence of water.

Documents

Bibliography 12/12/2015

Lindberg, Knut 1958. NOTE 1: Number XII of LINDBERG (1958: 126) is fully titled »Tchachmèh Zargaran ou Ghar Zargaran (la source ou la grotte des orfévres)« in French language and transliteration.

History

EXPLORATION HISTORY: 1958.04.25: Knut LINDBERG (1958: 125, 1961a: 17-18) visited, took altimeter readings, explored, possibly surveyed (?), measured temperatures and collected cave life. Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 12/12/2015

Caves nearby

Distance (km)	Name	Length (m)	Depth (m)
5.2	MUMMIYA, Koh Akhur 1 (Ghar)
5.2	MUMMIYA, Koh Akhur, 2nd (Ghar)
5.3	Koh Akhur (Cave on the)
18.6	MUMMIYA, Koh Pir, 1st (Ghar)
18.6	MUMMIYA, Koh Pir, 2nd (Ghar)
24.7	Hammam (Ghar)
24.7	KELIDAN (Ghar)
56.8	KOH SI AV BABA (Cave on the)
56.9	Tchach Guez Excavations