Tham Phra Rot Meri - PS0031

บ้านมุง (TH)
16.568978,100.693661
Length 68m Depth 3m
Grottocenter / carte

Location

Located on the south side of the col going into the doline with the Asom Rot Phra Tham temple, about 500 m north of Wat Ban Mung. Turn right into the forest for 30 m just after passing the col. Martin Ellis - 20/05/2019

Description

Martin Ellis - 20/05/2019

This is a large, ancient phreatic passage passing through the corner of the mountain. It has been used by monks in the recent past. Archaeology: 2 small cord-marked pottery sherds in the main entrance where large amounts of reddish soil may be covering more. Fauna: Assorted spiders, 2 sp. frogs, Vespertilionid and very large black Rhinolophus bats, Geckos and eggs, Black ants, Termites

Topographie

Martin Ellis - 20/05/2019

2002-10-31 D. Smart, K. Zipfel, W. Senatham, C. Phlunmi - surveyed cave Grade UISv2 3-3-A

Fauna

Martin Ellis - 20/05/2019

Thereuopoda longicornis (Fabricius, 1793) (Arthropoda, Chilopoda, Scutigeromorpha, Scutigeridae) (unpublished record) Orthriophis taeniurus (Cope 1861) (Chordata, Reptilia, Squamata, Colubridae) (unpublished record)

Documents

[Topo] Tham Phra Rot Meri 18/05/2019
Bibliography 20/05/2019
  • +DUNKLEY, JOHN ROBERT (1997) "The Caves of Thailand - Addendum 1995-97" Speleological Research Council, Sydney +Ellis, Martin (2018c) "SMCC Thailand Expedition 2018 û Summary" report to the Ghar Pharau Foundation, 5pp +Goddard, Andy; Ellis, Martin (2018) "SMCC Expedition to Phitsanulok and Phetchabun 2018" Shepton Mallet Caving Club Journal Series 13 No. 8 pp337-36 +Jones, Colleen (1995a) "Management Suggestions for Caves at Thung Salaeng Luang National Park" Cuso International, unpublished report 10pp

History

2002-10-31 D. Smart, K. Zipfel, W. Senatham, C. Phlunmi - surveyed cave Martin Ellis - 20/05/2019

Caves nearby

Distance (km)NameLength (m)Depth (m)
0.1Asom Rot Phra Tham Sink - PS0085
0.1Resurgence PS0051 - PS0051
0.2Asom Rot Phra ThamTemple Cave - PS0084
0.2Tham Nang 12 - PS00661366
0.3Resurgence PS0050 - PS0050
0.3Tham Khang Khao - PS0071
0.3Asom Rot Phra Tham Resurgence - PS0083
0.4Tham Phra Sai - PS00671400
0.6Cave PS0104100