VERNA BHUYAR 2
15.351700,73.943100
Description
A small, daylight-lit and shelter-like cave in laterite, facing south-west, up to 5 m wide, 1 or 1.2 m high and 2 m horizontally deep (big enough to shelter a smugly packed small family) with a level floor (modified by man?) of small rocks and a low, lateral niche (upon entering on the right-hand side, covering about one square metre, up to 0.4 m high: the children's room?). SITUATION: Estimated 50 m in a direct line approximately west of the first (big, dark) –>Verna Bhuiyar but about 8 m (or so) higher up. CULTURAL HISTORY - Human use: A worn-out aluminium laddel and a metal bowl in a state beyond repair indicated on 25th January 2007 that the little cavelet has been used as a troglodyte dwelling only recently.
History
EXPLORATION HISTORY: 2007.01.25: Thomas Matthalm and H. D. Gebauer, assisted by a motorbike-taxi driver and one Francis (scooter-taxi driver), both engaged at the Verna bus stop, instructed by a locally appearing security guard (or so) in a spotless uniform with generous applications in red and gold on immaculate Kaki cloth, scrambled across the hill-side and found the entrance the cavelet to be not exactly »very big.«
Caves nearby
| Distance (km) | Name | Length (m) | Depth (m) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.1 | VERNA BHUYAR | ||
| 0.1 | VERNA BHUYAR 3 | ||
| 3.0 | PANDAVA BHUIYAR, Consua | ||
| 5.8 | AQUEM (Cave at) | ||
| 5.8 | MALLANGUINI (Caves at) | ||
| 8.6 | PANDAVA CHAPEL, Margao | ||
| 9.4 | MANGUESHI (Caves at) | ||
| 9.5 | CUNCOLIM CAVE, Agapur | ||
| 9.5 | KUNDAI (Caves at) |