Grotte-mine de l'Oratoire
Tubular cavity about 1 m wide by 1 m 50 high, excavated by mine blasting and ending in a circular shaft about 3 metres deep.
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Grotte-mine de l'Oratoire
Tubular cavity about 1 m wide by 1 m 50 high, excavated by mine blasting and ending in a circular shaft about 3 metres deep.
Ollioules
Length: 30 m · Depth: 4 m
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Tubular cavity about 1 m wide by 1 m 50 high, excavated by mine blasting and ending in a circular shaft about 3 metres deep.
Description
Morphology
The cavity is about 1 metre wide by 1 metre 50 high; its shape is broadly tubular.
The bottom of the cavity ends in a very circular shaft about 3 metres deep.
Other details
It appears that the cavity was entirely excavated with mine blasting, as many blast holes are visible from the entrance to the end of the gallery.
One may wonder about the purpose of these works[ref]Fichier des cavités du Var > Grotte-mine de l'Oratoire (numéro 2090022): http://www.fichiertopo.fr/display.php?details=true&indexid=2341[/ref].
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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/65136 · 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 BTH (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/65136 · data as of 2026