Tham Ong Chu - KA0202
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Location
North of Si Sawat to the east of the road to Tham Than Lod. The cave is signed along a dirt track that ascends to a parking area. A short walk leads to the cave.
Description
The entrance is 40 m wide and 20 m high with a large shrine. The floor is sand. After 50 m the floor rises and the passage reduces to 20 m wide by 5 m high. This passage goes past a covered hole in the floor to a 20 m drop down into a chamber after 50 m. This drop is covered with a wooden gantry. To reach the lower chamber a short crawl, marked with a buffalo skull, is found back near where the main passage reduces in size. This stooping crawl ends after 10 m in a descending chamber which is 25 m wide and 50 m long. Guano has been mined from the chamber using the wooden gantry into the upper passage. Described as a prospective archaeological site in Dunkley.
Documents
Bibliography 04/09/2019- DUNKLEY, JOHN ROBERT (1995) "The Caves of Thailand" Speleological Research Council, Sydney ISBN 0-9589253-9-9 DUNKLEY, JOHN ROBERT (1997) "The Caves of Thailand - Addendum 1995-97" Speleological Research Council, Sydney SÏRENSEN, P. (1988) "Archaeological Excavations In Thailand: Surface Finds and Minor Excavations" Scandinavian Institue of Asian studies
Caves nearby
| Distance (km) | Name | Length (m) | Depth (m) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 | Tham Pha Phit Lum - KA0474 | 15 | 0 |
| 13.3 | Cave KA0216 - KA0216 | ||
| 15.3 | Tham Wang Men - KA0377 | 40 | 0 |
| 15.3 | Tham Mai Yai - KA0378 | 25 | 15 |
| 16.1 | Tower Sink 3 - KA0390 | ||
| 16.1 | Tower Sink 1 - KA0388 | ||
| 16.6 | Tower Sink 2 - KA0389 | 12 | 12 |
| 18.3 | Tham Pra Tu Su Pa Bon - KA0376 | 50 | 0 |
| 18.4 | Tham Pra Tu Su Pa Klang - KA0375 | 105 | 0 |