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Grotta Grande

Brief complex of galleries with access from the Strada Provinciale shortly before Rocca Porena, which could have had palethnological interest were it not for the inappropriate clearing works.

Cascia 25m 7m

Brief complex of galleries with access from the Strada Provinciale shortly before Rocca Porena, which could have had palethnological interest were it not for the inappropriate clearing works.

Characteristics

  • Type: Cave
  • Municipality: Cascia
  • Cadastre no.: UM43
  • Length: 25 meters
  • Depth: 7 meters
  • Record updated:

Location

Locality: Roccaporena. Access is from the Strada Provinciale, shortly before Rocca Porena.

Map

Approximate position

Entrances

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  1. Grotta Grande

    Elevation: 670 m

    42.715113, 12.967120
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Description

Morphology

Brief complex of galleries.

Other details

It could have had palethnological interest had inappropriate clearing works not been carried out there.

Geology: MAI Maiolica - Upper Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous (Tithonian-Aptian).

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Bibliography

MORINI A. (1933) La leggenda di Roccaporena LIPPI BONCAMBI C. (1950) Sullo stato attuale del Catasto Speleologico dell'Umbria LEMMI G. (1958) Note di aggiornamento del Catasto Speleologico dell'Umbria LEMMI G. & COLETTI G. (1961) Elenco catastale delle grotte dell'Umbria COCCHI C. (1962) Speleologia e paletnologia in Umbria

Source: Catasto Cavità Umbria (Federazione Umbra Gruppi Speleologici, FUGS) (catasto.fugs.it), modified. LicenseRef-FUGS-no-licence-stated Federazione Umbra Gruppi Speleologici (FUGS), Catasto Speleologico dell'Umbria · https://catasto.fugs.it/index.php?mod=caves&op=view&id=43 · data as of 2025