Kugelstein Cave I
| Kugelsteinhöhle II, stalactite cave, bear cave
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| Location: | Kugelstein near Deutschfeistritz , Styria / A | |
| Height : | 450 m above sea level A. | |
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Geographic location: |
47 ° 13 '26 " N , 15 ° 20' 14.5" E | |
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| Cadastral number: | 2784/5 | |
| Geology: | Schöcklkalk | |
| Lighting: | No | |
| Overall length: | 60 m | |
| Level difference: | 5 m (+3 m / -2 m) | |
| Particularities: | Some archaeological finds | |
The Kugelsteinhöhle I , also called grave cave , passage cave or human cave , is located at Deutschfeistritz at 450 m above sea level. A. im Kugelstein north of the main town of Deutschfeistritz, Styria in Austria .
location
The Kugelstein Cave I is located on the lower eastern slope of the Kugelstein, a little northeast of the Kugelstein Cave II . The entrance is in a stratified rock ledge.
description
The approximately 60 meter long Kugelstein Cave I has two flat oval and south-east facing day openings , as well as a third, impassable, gap-like opening between the two large openings. The northernmost of the two entrances is in a layered joint. A corridor clearly showing water marks leads from it in a south-easterly direction, which ends after 10 meters. A breakthrough in the cave floor at the end of the passage, narrowed by rubble, humus and sand, leads to a small room below. Several small corridors branch off from this room. One of these passages starts about 1.5 meters above the ground and ends after 6 meters in the anteroom of the southern cave entrance. In the anteroom you can find ceiling plumes .
The cave floor consists largely of dark gray humus to a depth of about 15 centimeters. At a depth of 15 centimeters to 90 centimeters, yellow-brown, fine-sand deposits with limestone deposits predominate. Below that, the soil consists of yellow-brown sand. The passage from the northern entrance has a floor partially covered with cave clay.
A skeleton of a six to eight-year-old child was found in the cave, facing east. Next to the skeleton was a larger clay pot decorated with ornaments. More pottery shards were found elsewhere in the cave. In addition, numerous animal bones were found, including red deer , red fox and rodents.
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- Heinrich Kusch : The caves in Kugelstein near Peggau (Styria) . In: The cave . tape 023 , 1972, p. 145–157 ( PDF (4.3 MB) on ZOBODAT ).
