Royal Artillery Sink
30.762500,77.780600
Description
A seasonal (monsoon) stream finds it's way into an impenetrable sink on the way to the Adawa (Udawan) area (note 1). SITUATION 1946: »It lies one mile [1.6 km] by path and a half mile [800 m]direct West of the Bodyar F.R.H. [Budher Forest Rest House]. Take the south track down spur from F.R.H. and turn right at the first saddle after 1/2 mile [800 m]. Follow the path over one saddle to the 2nd saddle after the right turn, just beyond a clumb of rhododendron trees. Strike half left from the main path, path a small pond to where a small stream sinks beneath a scar of limestone (250 yds from the saddle)« (Leakey 1946.08.01 Mss: Bodhyar area potholes). SITUATION 1951: From »Bodhyar [sic!] Area: Bodhyer [sic] or Budher [sic!] Forest Rest House … WSW between one and two miles« (LEAKEY 1955: 58). CAVE DESCRIPTION 1946: »R.A. Pot. So called because units of the Royal Art'y [Artillery] dug there in July 46. […] The R.A. dug close under the scar where an old entrance appeared to be & got 12 ft. down, but sides fell in« (Leakey 1946.08.01 Mss: Bodhyar area potholes). CAVE DESCRIPTION 1951: A »… definite monsoon sink fed by a small catchment area [note 2] (not very common in these hills owing to their steepness), where in 1945 units of the British Army did a certain amount of digging with no result« (LEAKEY 1955: 58).
NOTE 1: »Adawa« (Glennie 1946.08.01 Mss, Leakey 1946 June: Bodhyar Pothole Map; LEAKEY 155: 58) is indicated as »Udawan« near N30°45'10”: E77°46'10” (Everest 1830): 2093 m asl on the Survey of India, 4 Inch to 1 Mile Forest Map series, sheet 53-F/13 S2 (ca. 1940).NOTE 2: R. D. Leakey uses the term "catchment area" to designate an obvious stream bed (headwaters) or closed depression draining surface water straight into that cave entrance enterable by soldiers or humans.
Caves nearby
| Distance (km) | Name | Length (m) | Depth (m) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.5 | SKY RIFT | ||
| 0.9 | KANDWA POT 2 | ||
| 0.9 | BLASTED HOLE | ||
| 1.0 | KANDWA POT | ||
| 1.0 | KANDWA POT 6 | ||
| 1.0 | KANDWA POT 3 | ||
| 1.0 | KANDWA POT 5 | ||
| 1.0 | KANDWA POT 4 | ||
| 1.2 | BUDHER SLIT POT |