Kugelstein Cave II
| Kugelsteinhöhle II, stalactite cave, bear cave
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| Location: | Kugelstein near Deutschfeistritz , Styria / A | |
| Height : | 478 m above sea level A. | |
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Geographic location: |
47 ° 13 '25.8 " N , 15 ° 20' 12.4" E | |
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| Cadastral number: | 2784/3 | |
| Geology: | Schöcklkalk | |
| Lighting: | No | |
| Overall length: | 80 m | |
| Level difference: | 10 m | |
| Particularities: | Sinter and stalactite jewelry as well as some archaeological finds | |
The Kugelsteinhöhle II , also called stalactite cave or bear cave , near Deutschfeistritz is 478 m above sea level. A. im Kugelstein north of the main town of Deutschfeistritz, Styria in Austria .
location
The Kugelsteinhöhle II is located on the eastern slope of the Kugelstein below the Kugelsteinhöhle III .
description
The approximately 80 meter long Kugelstein Cave II has a relatively large entrance. A horizontal corridor leads from the entrance into the mountain after about 18 meters before it widens in a southerly direction and forms a small room. From this room, the main corridor continues for around 5 meters in a westerly direction, before turning south and after another 8 meters leads to a barren fall. Above the fall there is a 15 meter long, 6 meter wide and 5 meter high hall with sinter and stalactite decorations . In the middle of the northern wall of the hall there is a steep upward gulf , about 7 meters high . In the north of the hall is a 6-meter-long, uphill corridor covered with rubble.
The cave floor consists largely of fine yellow-brown and mica-rich sand, which is interspersed with fine gravel in the upper layers and with sintered pieces and decomposed limestone rubble in the lower layers. At a depth of around 1.3 meters, the sandy soil is broken up by a thin layer of sinter. At a depth of around 1.5 meters, the yellow-brown sand is replaced by coarser gray sand with sharp-edged debris deposits.
Several Roman fragments and coins were found in the entrance area, as well as two artifacts made of quartzite in the deeper layers . There were also numerous bone finds in the cave, about 90 percent of which came from cave bears . Other bone finds come from the woolly rhinoceros , mammoth , alpine crow and black grouse .
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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 ).
