Tham Men [Porcupine Cave] [CH0035]

Martin Ellis - 19/06/2019

Set at the back of an alcove is the small entrance which is 1m wide by 1m high. From the entrance the passage is highly polished and descends steeply leading to the top of a big chamber. The cave is inhabited by porcupines, which account for the polished rock and the intimidating 'mooing' noise that echoed round the chamber. A scramble down the loose-earth slope and a rope climb down leads to the floor of the chamber. The chamber has 50m high 'organ pipe' stal on one side from which a big lump of stal has dropped on to the floor. Several side passages quickly became impassably low and no obvious way on was found.