SHNONG, Lumshnong (Krem poh)
25.179400,92.374700
Description
NOTE 1: poh (preposition and adverb) short of (SINGH, N 1906: 162); behind (SINGH, N 1920: 41) but "ka 'poh" (Khasi noun), an abbreviation of "ka kpoh" (SINGH, N 1906: 1, 42, 162; BLAH, E 2007: 29) the abdomen, the belly (SINGH, N 1906: 162). ka shnong (Khasi; noun), binomial imitative "ka shnong ka tháw" (SINGH, N 1906: 197) is often substituted by the contracted "ka 'nong" (SINGH, N 1906: 144), a village (SINGH, N 1906: 144, 197), a town (SINGH, N 1906: 144, 197; SINGH, N 1920: 534; BLAH, E 2007: 311), a city (SINGH, N 1906: 144; SINGH, N 1920: 72).
Altogether three known cave entrances, each resulting from ceiling collapses, give access to boulder- and scree-slopes descending down into the relic of a former stream cave in a senile state of development (abandoned by flowing water). The solitary cave passage (about 15 m wide and 10 m high) is generally horizontal or only very moderately descending from north to south. Apparently more than a third of the cave appears to contain seasonal pools of water during the rainy season when sands originating from decomposed sandstone caprock are washed into the cave.ETYMOLOGY: No autochthonous, indigenous or locally known cave name has been identified for what was taken as a »Cave Near [the] Village« and disguised in the Khasi words "Krem Poshnong" (Jarratt, A R 1997 personal correspondence) and, more correct, "Krem Pohshnong" (SANDFORD, E 1997: 32; Brooks, S J in: BROOKS, S J et al 1998: 15) as if it were a »Behindtown Cave« or »Shortoftown Cave« (note 1). SITUATION: Approximately 150 m to 250 m in a direct line north-north-east from the church in Lumshnong village (the concrete building constructed about 1995-7). The northern- and southern-most entrances are difficult to find from the surface because they lie at the bottom edges of jungle-clad collapse dolines. Only few local lads can be expected to know some way through the thicket. The central entrance however, 16 m wide and 6 m high, is better known. It faces south-east and lies at the bottom of a cliff face above a forest covered scree slope.
Documents
Bibliography 07/05/2016History
EXPLORATION HISTORY: 1997.02.25, trip 1: Guided by Spindro Dkhar and one Thy-Will-Be-Done A.A. to the entrance, Anthony 'Tony' R Jarratt, Andrew "Andy" Peter Tyler, Paul A. Edmunds and George 'Whisky Joe' Lyngdoh visited, »locate the entrance« (Brooks, S J in: BROOKS, S J et al 1998: 30), entered and "surveyed" (sports caver standards) some 200 m (or so) to a degree yielding a so-called "survey" (total sum of survey leg lengths). 1997.02.26, trip 2: Simon J. Brooks and Paul A. Edmunds conducted a surface traverse »to enable Krem Liat Hati and Krem Pohshnong to be linked into the overall Krem Kot Sati / Krem Um Lawan system survey« (Brooks, S J in: BROOKS, S J et al 1998: 30). 1997.02.26, trip 3: Simon J. Brooks, Andrew "Andy" Peter Tyler and Uwe Scherzer »go to survey a supposedly unexplored cave located in the vicinity of Lumshnong earlier in the week. This proved to be the second entrance to the already explored Krem Pohshnong« (Brooks, S J in: BROOKS, S J et al 1998: 30).
Caves nearby
| Distance (km) | Name | Length (m) | Depth (m) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.0 | KOTSATI (Krem) | ||
| 0.2 | UMTYONGAI (Krem) | ||
| 0.2 | UMSYNREM, Lumshnong (Passah 1997) (Krem) | ||
| 0.2 | DIENIUNG, Lumshnong, 1st (Krem) | ||
| 0.2 | UMSHOR (Krem) | ||
| 0.3 | UMSHOR 2 (Krem) | ||
| 0.3 | UMSHOR 3 (Krem) | ||
| 0.3 | AA CAVE, Lumshnong (Lindenmayr) 08 | ||
| 0.3 | DIENIUNG, Lumshnong, 2nd (Krem) |