Aven de l'Aygue
A cavity whose gated entrance is a 56-metre shaft that is barely visible from the surface, hidden by boxwood.
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Aven de l'Aygue
A cavity whose gated entrance is a 56-metre shaft that is barely visible from the surface, hidden by boxwood.
Crespin
Depth: 103 m
Updated record
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A cavity whose gated entrance is a 56-metre shaft that is barely visible from the surface, hidden by boxwood.
Description
Morphology
The entrance, surrounded by a fence, consists of a P56 that is barely visible from the surface because of the boxwood that hides it. This very aesthetic shaft is the main interest of this cavity. At the bottom of the P56, a gentle slope strewn with bones and potsherds leads on one hand to a side passage (bone reservoir) lower down on the right and on the other hand to a balcony at the back on the left, announced by a large stalagmite.
Speleothems
A large stalagmite announces the balcony at the back on the left, at the bottom of the P56.
Progression
The anchors are located on the north side. The balcony gives access to the starts of the P27 (narrow rift immediately on the left) and P12 (opposite a few metres further on, an obvious start). These two shafts are connected lower down by a window. The P56 and the P12 are rigged with 8mm drilled AF (bring dyneema).
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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/87887 · 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 Sandy (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/87887 · data as of 2026