MANDRAH (Grotte)

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

What appears to be rock shelter (note 1) that gives access to a maze of rift passages in gravitationally dislocated granite rocks (slidden boulders). SITUATION: In the Alingar River valley in a cliff exposing granitic conglomerate on the right-hand side and opposite of the road from Sundurwa (note 3) to Mango (note 4), and about 6 m above the right (western) bank of the level of an adjacent river (note 2). CAVE DESCRIPTION: The cave entrance part of the cave (approximately 7 m wide and more than 2 m high) starts as a rock shelter (some 4 or 5 m deep). There are openings on the right-hand side, which are formed by small spaces between large fallen boulders. There are also numerous narrow passages between large conglomerate rocks, which, coming back to each other, extend for 3 to 6 m upwards to communicate with the surface. On 27th January 1958 contained the cave dryness, hackneyed spider webs, and Lepidoptera (Apopestes?).What appears to be rock shelter (note 1) that gives access to a maze of rift passages in gravitationally dislocated granite rocks (slidden boulders). SITUATION: In the Alingar River valley in a cliff exposing granitic conglomerate on the right-hand side and opposite of the road from Sundurwa (note 3) to Mango (note 4), and about 6 m above the right (western) bank of the level of an adjacent river (note 2). CAVE DESCRIPTION: The cave entrance part of the cave (approximately 7 m wide and more than 2 m high) starts as a rock shelter (some 4 or 5 m deep). There are openings on the right-hand side, which are formed by small spaces between large fallen boulders. There are also numerous narrow passages between large conglomerate rocks, which, coming back to each other, extend for 3 to 6 m upwards to communicate with the surface. On 27th January 1958 contained the cave dryness, hackneyed spider webs, and Lepidoptera (Apopestes?).