Igue de l'Ourgue n°8
A 3 m by 1 m 50 opening leading to a pit 19 metres deep, with an old lifting winch, a pile of stone and a stop on a rubble slope.
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Igue de l'Ourgue n°8
A 3 m by 1 m 50 opening leading to a pit 19 metres deep, with an old lifting winch, a pile of stone and a stop on a rubble slope.
Caniac-du-Causse
Depth: 19 m
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A 3 m by 1 m 50 opening leading to a pit 19 metres deep, with an old lifting winch, a pile of stone and a stop on a rubble slope.
Description
Morphology
Opening 3 m by 1 m 50.
Pit 19 metres deep, of fine dimensions down to the bottom.
Stop on a rubble slope.
Narrow opening a few metres from the bottom (no airflow).
Other details
An old lifting winch is present above the pit; beside it is a large pile of stone (remains of digging out).
Presence of CO2 (2.3% on 10/08/2016).
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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/35822 · 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 Claude ANTOINE (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/35822 · data as of 2026