Tham Ngung Chang - CM0034
ทุ่งข้าวพวง (TH)
19.558795,99.062759
19.558795,99.062759
Length 50m Depth 0m
Location
Tham Nguang Chang is beside the H107 on the northern outskirts of Ban Tham Klaeb, just beyond Tham Kleab. A short track, which is signposted, from the main road leads right up to the cave entrance inside a small temple complex. The cave is in the same hill as Tham Kleab.
Description
A 5 m high sheltered entrance leads to a progressively narrowing joint rift 30 m long. The entrance was the site of an excavation by the Thai-British Archaeological Expedition 1965-66, which found two buried skeletons, burial urns and metal implements. About 20 m to the south, in the same cliff, there is another very short cave (length 5 m), behind a shrine.
Documents
Bibliography 26/06/2019- DUNKLEY, JOHN ROBERT (1995) "The Caves of Thailand" Speleological Research Council, Sydney ISBN 0-9589253-9-9 SIDISUNTHORN, PINDAR; GARDNER, SIMON; SMART, DEAN (2006) "Caves of Northern Thailand" River Books, Thailand, ISBN 9749863135 VOGT, NILS B. (2013) "Temple Caves & Grottoes in Thailand: A Picture-Guide Book" Booksmango, Bangkok ISBN 978-616-222-160-6 214pp WATSON, W. (1968) "The Thai-British Archaeological Expedition" Antiquity Vol. 42 No. 168 pp302-306 WATSON, W. ; LOOFS, H. H.-E. (1967) "The Thai-British Archaeological Expedition: A Preliminary Report on the work of the First Season 1965-1966" Journal of the Siam Society Vol. 55 No. 2 pp237-262
History
2009-04-19 (M. Ellis, S. Gilbert)
Caves nearby
| Distance (km) | Name | Length (m) | Depth (m) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.2 | Tham Klaeb - CM0033 | 176 | 20 |
| 2.0 | Cave PHD8 - CM0037 | 10 | 1 |
| 2.0 | Tham Klaeb Yai [Tham Pha Daeng] [Tham Ngam] [CM0035] | 2190 | 20 |
| 2.3 | Cave PHD7 - CM0036 | 50 | 0 |
| 2.3 | Mud Cave - CM0133 | 30 | 0 |
| 2.4 | Sink BSS 2000-11 - CM0135 | ||
| 2.4 | Kids' Cave - CM0132 | 151 | 0 |
| 2.6 | Tham Long [Tham Rong] [CM0045] | 50 | 0 |
| 3.3 | Sinks BSS 2000-10 - CM0134 |