Category: Cowshead Cavern

Eastern Massif, Picos de Europa, Northern Spain

Cowshead Cavern

Extracts from 2024 log (Rob Middleton, Jack Dewison) Tuesday 3rd September 2024 Assisted to sump by many others (thanks!) Passed Sump 1 with 2x 7L bottles, ditched 1 bottle at far side of Sump 1, carried 1x 7L and 2 bags each to Sump 2.Passed Sump 2 on a single 7L each. Ditched dive kit…
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Cowshead Cavern (in the news)

Cowshead Cavern (or Cueva de la Cabeza de Vaca) was discovered in 1986 by a L.U.S.S. / S.W.C.C. expedition. A small resurgence caves leads to some high level chambers and in one corner a calcited ‘cows’ skull was discovered. Fast forward a few years and the skull was extracted for analysis and research. It transpires…
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