Tham Rakhang [LO0091]

โนนปอแดง (TH)
17.119418,101.933779
Length 63m Depth 10m
Grottocenter / carte

Location

From the shrine in Tham Pha Sawan a series on concrete steps and ladders lead up the cliff to this cave. Martin Ellis - 16/03/2020

Description

Martin Ellis - 16/03/2020

At the lower entrance is the bell, which is an old bomb casing, which gives the cave its name. The 15m wide by 5m high passage leads to a concrete ladder to an upper entrance. There are two side passages: a lower passage that closes down and an upper passage that goes to an entrance overlooking the collapse doline with Tham Yai Pha Sawan.

Topographie

Martin Ellis - 16/03/2020

SMCC 2013 - 2014 Grade UISv2 6-3-BF/2-2-A Ellis, Martin (2018)

Documents

[Topo] Tham Rakhang 07/05/2019
Bibliography 16/03/2020
  • ***Ellis, Martin (2018) "Some caves in Thailand Part 5" Shepton Mallet Caving Club Journal Series 13 No. 7 pp299-323 VOGT, NILS B. (2013) "Temple Caves & Grottoes in Thailand: A Picture-Guide Book" Booksmango, Bangkok ISBN 978-616-222-160-6 214pp

History

The first recorded visit by cavers was by the SMCC in March 2008. 2008-03-21 (M.Ellis, P. Collett) 2009-12-03 (M. Ellis, S. Smith) 2010-02-10 SMCC (M. Ellis, P. Collett, E. Porter, M. Clayton) 2013-03-26 (M. Ellis, P. Collett, G. Washburn) 2014-04-06 (M. Ellis, J. Gosset, S. Gosset) Martin Ellis - 16/03/2020

Caves nearby

Distance (km)NameLength (m)Depth (m)
0.0Tham Noi - LO0092252
0.1Tham Pha Sawan - LO006935842
0.1Tham Lieng Pha [LO0151]51
0.1Tham Yai - LO009391553
0.1Tham Dam - LO0139708
1.2Banphot Santitham (Tham) [LO0152]
1.9Tham Ap Banophot - LO0107
3.0Caves LO0082 - LO0082
3.6Tham Lom - LO0110