Tham Pha Sing - LO0024
17.291233,101.827494
Location
Take the H210 east from the junction with the H201 in Wang Saphung towards Erawan. Around 6 km from the junction Wat Tham Pha Sing is sign posted to the north of the main road. A gravel track leads up to the wat.
Description
From the car parking area some steps lead up to the entrance rock shelter/chamber. This entrance chamber contains the main shrine with a 4m reclining, two standing and a sitting Buddha statues. To the left of the entrance a wooden walkway leads around the undercut cliff to a passage with a locked door. Behind the shrines in the entrance there is another chamber with an entrance and a ladder up to a short passage. The end of the cave is blocked by an occasionally locked door and fence, beyond which there are a few metres of passage ending at an unclimbed aven.
Topographie
SMCC April 2011 - Grade UISv2 6-3-F Ellis, Martin (2018)
Fauna
Snails:- Pollicaria mouhoti monochroma Kongim & Panha, 2013
Documents
[Topo] Tham Pha Sing 07/05/2019Bibliography 22/02/2020
- DUNKLEY, JOHN ROBERT (1995) "The Caves of Thailand" Speleological Research Council, Sydney ISBN 0-9589253-9-9 124pp ***Ellis, Martin (2018) "Some caves in Thailand Part 5" Shepton Mallet Caving Club Journal Series 13 No. 7 pp299-323 KONGIM, BANGON; SUTCHARIT, CHIRASAK; NAGGS, FRED; PANHA, SOMSAK (2013) "Taxonomic revision of the Elephant Pupinid snail genus Pollicaria Gould, 1856 (Prosobranchia, Pupinidae)ö ZooKeys No. 287 pp19-40 KONGIM, BANGON; SUTCHARIT, CHIRASAK; TONKERD, PIYOROS; PANHA, SOMSAK (2009) "Karyotype Differentiation within the Elephant Pupinid Snail Pollicaria mouhoti (Pfeiffer, 1862) (Caenogastropoda: Pupinidae)" The Natural History Journal of Chulalongkorn University Vol. 9 No. 2 pp201-208 LATINNE, ALICE; WAENGSOTHORN, SURACHIT; ROJANADILOK, PRATEEP; EIAMAMPAI, KRAIRAT; SRIBUAROD, KRIANGSAK; MICHAUX, JOHAN R. (2013) "Diversity and endemism of Murinae rodents in Thai limestone karsts" Systematics and Biodiversity Vol. 11 online 22pp VOGT, NILS B. (2013) "Temple Caves & Grottoes in Thailand: A Picture-Guide Book" Booksmango, Bangkok ISBN 978-616-222-160-6 214pp
Caves nearby
| Distance (km) | Name | Length (m) | Depth (m) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.1 | Cave LO0025 - LO0025 | ||
| 0.1 | Tham Ton Tom Pha - LO0076 | 50 | 5 |
| 6.6 | Tham Air - Tham Phra Thatu [LO0208] | ||
| 6.7 | Nam (Tham) [LO0209] | ||
| 7.1 | Tham Pha Noi - LO0067 | ||
| 8.2 | Tham Pha Mak Ho - LO0027 | 50 | 0 |
| 9.0 | Phu Tham - LO0030 | ||
| 9.5 | Tham Pha Fang - LO0096 | ||
| 10.7 | Tham Chang Suwan Thong - LO0124 |