Aven de l'Âne
A cavity whose entrance, 0.5 m by 0.7 m, opens onto a shaft-fissure about ten metres deep, extended by a dug-out squeeze and a small step.
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Aven de l'Âne
A cavity whose entrance, 0.5 m by 0.7 m, opens onto a shaft-fissure about ten metres deep, extended by a dug-out squeeze and a small step.
Pignan
Depth: 14 m
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A cavity whose entrance, 0.5 m by 0.7 m, opens onto a shaft-fissure about ten metres deep, extended by a dug-out squeeze and a small step.
Description
Morphology
The entrance (0.5 m X 0.7 m) opens onto a fine shaft-fissure about ten metres deep, with well-stratified walls.
The shape of the strata (rounded underneath) and the presence of a small ravine in the extension of the cavity seem to indicate that this shaft may have functioned as a spring or overflow.
Hydrology
A slight draught coming from the bottom is noted.
Progression
At the bottom and on the side, a dug-out squeeze gives access to a small step.
An impassable fault currently ends the cavity.
Other details
As for the aven des Montres, this cavity seems to be located above the galleries of the Puits de I'Aven, which opens about fifty metres lower down.
Assiduous work would very certainly be rewarding.
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Contains information from Grottocenter (Wikicaves), grottocenter.org, made available under the Open Database License (ODbL 1.0, https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1-0/), modified. · https://grottocenter.org/ui/entrances/74612 · The derived data is available on request under the ODbL: [email protected] · data as of 2026 · Source: Grottocenter (Association Wikicaves), worldwide collaborative cave database (grottocenter.org), modified. CC BY-SA 3.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Grottocenter (Wikicaves) · Text by Marc Jupin (Description générale) · adapted by Espeleoworld (normalized, translated); the adaptation is licensed CC BY-SA 3.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ · https://grottocenter.org/ui/entrances/74612 · data as of 2026