MAWLIEHPOH, Umroi (Krem)
25.700000,92.083300
Description
An unspecified »Cave below [the] White Rock« (Brian D. Kharpran Daly 1997 Mss, item 19) in an area without limestone (note 1). SITUATION: At a walking distance of half an hour in an unspecified direction from the village of Kyrdem (note 2), a village about 10 km east along the road from Umroi (±1 km N25°43': E091°58'). CAVE POTENTIAL: Also reported from apparently in the same vicinity is not only Krem –>Ryngia at »Kyrdeng, north of Shillong« but also Krem –>Mawjud, Kyrdum.
NOTE 1: »Metamorphic rocks (gneiss, micaceous slates, clay slates, hornblendic slates, quartz rocks, etc.) … occur at Nungklow [Nongkhlaw 25°41'N: 91°38'E], on the Northern verge of the hills immediately over the valley of Assam, and here form the entire flank of the hills down to the Boripani river. From Nungklow, they extend South to the Kullong rock [Lum Kyllang 25°37'N: 91°35'E: 1774 m], (where a great mass of granite has burst through them) and from thence to near Mowphlang [Mawphlang 25°26'49”N: 91°45'26”E], where they become covered by the sandstones. They seem to wind round the Northern flanks of Shillong hill [Shillong Peak N25°33': E091°52': 1961 m asl], and stretch thence by Pomrong, to Coote, Mooshai and Sunessa; and into the Jynteah hills [Jaintia Hills district]« (OLDHAM, T 1854 / 1984: 11; 1859: 110-111). NOTE 2: Kyrdem 25°42'N: 92°05'E (nima.mil/geonames accessed 16.11.2003) is said (Neil Sootinck after myntri Kharluhi, Umsning 2001.04.19 personal communication) to lie about 10 km east along the road from Umroi (±3.6 km 25°42'N: 91°58'E). Kyrdeng (Kharpran Daly, B D 1997 Mss item 3), however, is a populated place indicated near 25°40'N: 92°04'E on AMS sheet NH46-10 Shillong (U502 series, 1959 edition) and about 5 km or 6 km in a direct line south-west from Kyrdem (25°42'N: 92°05'E). kyrdem (Khasi, verb) to stamp with the foot (SINGH, N 1906: 60) ka kyrdan (Khasi, noun), a step, a degree, a shelf (SINGH, N 1906: 60).
Caves nearby
| Distance (km) | Name | Length (m) | Depth (m) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.0 | MAWJUD, Kyrdum (Krem) | ||
| 0.0 | RYNGIA, Kyrdeng (Krem) | ||
| 6.7 | DWAR U KSUID | ||
| 9.3 | LANGTHADÏAP (Krem) | ||
| 10.0 | UMSHARANG (Cave in the valley of the) | ||
| 14.1 | LAITDOM (Cave at) | ||
| 14.8 | MYNTHONG (Krem) | ||
| 15.3 | MAWKYRDOP | ||
| 15.9 | SOHPET BYNENG (Caves on Lum) |