CHOWKIDAR POT 1 (Upper)
30.759700,77.796100
Description
A »six foot entrance [1.8 m in diameter] … opens into a small chamber with a depth of 20 ft. [6.1 m] and a small hole at lower end which might be followed lower with digging« (Glennie, E. A. 1946.08.01 Mss: Bodhyar Area Potholes). SITUATION 1946: »Durbita Khal Area: Take track down spur going south from F.R.H. [Budher Forest Rest House] for 1/2 a mile [0.8 km] and turn left or east into valley for 1/4 mile, until a native hut is reached. […] Follow the disused forest path uphill from [see –>] Slit Pot for about half a mile [800 m], until the path crosses the floor of the main valley, about half a mile [800 m] & 500 ft. [150 m] below the main Chakrata mule path. The upper pot has a six foot [1.8 m] entrance about 20 ft. [6 m] above the path just as it leaves the valley floor on the west side« (Glennie 1946.08.01 Mss: Bodhyar area potholes, page 1). »An alternative route to Chowkidar Pots: Take track to Chakrata from Bodhyar F.R.H. [Budher Forest Rest House] until just before it crosses over the Main Ridge to the North side about 1 Mile [1.6 km] distance. There is a forest path going half back down hill on the right from this saddle & Chowkidar Pots are 150 ft. [50 m] down where the path crosses the valley floor« (Glennie 1946.08.01 Mss: Bodhyar area potholes, page 6). SITUATION 1951: »Further up the valley floor [from the Budher hut] about a quarter of a mile [400 m] below the main path east of the [Budher Forest] rest house« (LEAKEY 1955: 58).
Cavités proche
Distance (km) | Nom | Longueur (m) | Profondeur (m) |
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0.0 | CHOWKIDAR POT 2 (Lower) | ||
0.2 | DURBITA POT 1 (Upper) | ||
0.2 | DURBITA POT 2 (Lower) | ||
0.6 | BUDHER TIMBER POT | ||
0.6 | BUDHER SLIT POT | ||
0.7 | BUDHER MUD POT | ||
1.1 | KANDWA POT 2 | ||
1.1 | KANDWA POT | ||
1.2 | KANDWA POT 4 |