Pod Tunelem Wielkim Rockshelter The rockshelter is located in a group of rocks called Sadlane, on the eastern slope of the Koziarnia gorge. It has two entrances, both exposed to the west, one has a width of 3.5 m, the other about 1 m. From the entrances there are two narrow and low corridors converging…
Month: January 2019
nad Niedostępną Cave Rockshelter
nad Niedostępną Cave Rockshelter The rockshelter is located in a group of rocks called Sadlane, on the eastern slope of the Koziarnia gorge. It has an entrance exposed north. The Rockshelter consists of a chamber and two corridors deriving from it. Archaeological research indicated the use of this place in late palaeolithic and neolithic.
Kamieniste Rockshelter
Kamieniste Rockshelter The rockshelter is located in the rocks named Gęsia Szyja, on the southern slope of the Sąspowska Valley, 55 m above its bottom. Mouth of the Rockshelter is exposed to the east. It has the form of a relatively shallow niche with a large entrance (9 m wide and 2,5 m high). Today,…
Sąspowska Zachodnia Cave
Sąspowska Zachodnia Cave Cave situated on the northern slope of the valley, above contemporary karst spring of the Sąspówka, 19 m above the bottom of the valley. Its opening is 4 meter wide with a south exposure and overlooks a steep, rocky slope. The cave has the form of a several meter long corridor turning…
Sąspowska Wschodnia Cave
Sąspowska Wschodnia Cave The cave is located next to Sąspowska Zachodnia Cave, on the northern slope of the valley, above contemporary karst spring of the Sąspówka, 18 m above the bottom of the valley. Sąspowska Wschodnia has the form of a 12-meter long corridor, 3 meters wide, which ends with a fissure opening onto the…
Koziarnia Cave
Koziarnia Cave The cave is located in the Rock Koziarnia, at the mouth of the Koziarnia gorge, about 10 m above its bottom. It has a large, arched entry opening and is roughly 60 m long. In its main part takes the form of a wide corridor that runs almost straight, twisting and tapering to…
Tunel Wielki Cave
Tunel Wielki Cave A cave located in the rocks of the Sadlana group, on the eastern slope of the Koziarnia gorge. It has two entrances, north with dimensions of 6 m and 1.5 m, in front of which there is land flattening, and southern, smaller and partly sheltered with boulders. The cave consists of two…
Ciasna Cave
The cave is located on the southern slope of Sąspowska Valley, about 90 m above its bottom, in a group of rocks between two nameless gorges. It has two entrance openings, one with a southern exposure and the other with an eastern one. According to old plans, both archaeological and geological, it has an oblong…
Iłowe Rockshelter
Iłowe Rockshelter The rockshelter is situated in the Iłowe Rocks and is characterized by wide entrance opening and flattening before it. It is located 30 m above the bottom of the valley, on its northern slope. Iłowe, wide in the entrance area, narrows into a small corridor. It has a length of 14 m. The entrance has…
Bramka Rockshelter
Bramka Rockshelter The Bramka rockshelter is located about 50 m above the bottom of Sąspowska Valley, on its northern slope. It takes form of a rock window, two large openings has SE and NW exposure. Research conducted by prof. Chmielewski showed that it was a place visited in Mesolithic, Neolithic and Middle Ages. The remains…