Aven des Anciens
A cavity with a rectangular entrance opening onto a chamber carved in an interstratum, extended by an inclined joint gallery blocked by concretions.
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Aven des Anciens
A cavity with a rectangular entrance opening onto a chamber carved in an interstratum, extended by an inclined joint gallery blocked by concretions.
Aumelas
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A cavity with a rectangular entrance opening onto a chamber carved in an interstratum, extended by an inclined joint gallery blocked by concretions.
Description
Morphology
A rectangular entrance (0.5 m x 0.7 m) near a wedged block leads into a chamber of 2 m x 4 m carved in an interstratum. In a corner, a narrow slot gives access to an inclined joint gallery, behind which the continuation of the joint can be seen, becoming increasingly narrow.
Speleothems
The inclined joint gallery ends at a plug of concretions.
Progression
From the rectangular entrance, one reaches the chamber; in a corner, a narrow slot leads to the inclined joint gallery, which ends at a plug of concretions.
Other details
Strong draught.
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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/74611 · 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/74611 · data as of 2026