L'Asperge
A narrow descending forced conduit entrance passage intersects a concretion-filled joint at -4, then leads to a small bell and an elliptical-section forced conduit.
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L'Asperge
A narrow descending forced conduit entrance passage intersects a concretion-filled joint at -4, then leads to a small bell and an elliptical-section forced conduit.
Caunes-Minervois
Length: 21 m · Depth: 15 m
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A narrow descending forced conduit entrance passage intersects a concretion-filled joint at -4, then leads to a small bell and an elliptical-section forced conduit.
Description
Morphology
The narrow entrance passage is a descending forced conduit that intersects a concretion-filled joint at -4. The steeply sloping floor leads to a narrow passage. On the right, a fissure descends for at least 10 m (by sound). At the bottom of the passage, one regains a small bell, and the descent continues in an elliptical-section forced conduit, worked and clayey, which intersects a joint parallel to the first (N/S). A very narrow shaft probably descends for 10 m more.
Speleothems
The joint intersected at -4 is concretion-filled, with stalagmites and cauliflowers.
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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/34161 · 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 Cds 11 · 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/34161 · data as of 2026