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Trou à Rats

Small dug-out entrance on a small lapiaz, allowing a descent to -7.5 m through a narrow fissure down to a floor choked with fine scree.

Aumelas 7m

Small dug-out entrance on a small lapiaz, allowing a descent to -7.5 m through a narrow fissure down to a floor choked with fine scree.

Characteristics

  • Type: Cave
  • Municipality: Aumelas
  • Depth: 7 meters
  • Record updated:

Location

On the causse d'Aumelas, 750 metres after the farm of Castelsec (coming from Cournonterral), take the path on the left which, after 2.1 kilometres, reaches the plaine des Chênes and a junction (rock marked in yellow). 250 metres after this crossroads, park the vehicles.

Then follow a faintly marked path on the left of the track and perpendicular to it. This path heads due south and leads, after 70 metres, to the aven. The entrance (2 m x 0.5 m) is on a small lapiaz.

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  1. Trou à Rats

    43.580885, 3.621935
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Description

Morphology

A small dug-out entrance allows a descent to -7.5 m through a narrow fissure. The floor is choked with fine scree.

Other details

No draught.

History

During our digging work at the aven du Raisin, the surface team discovered nearby a small entrance which, after digging, allows a descent to -7.5 m through a narrow fissure.

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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/74654 · 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), BTH, Marc Jupin (Accès depuis Cournonterral et situation) · 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/74654 · data as of 2026