Green Cave, Peki'in
- Location
- South of the village of Peki'in
- Elevation
- 700 m above sea level
Cave mapView the map (PDF)Description of the cave:
Green Cave is a small cave consisting of a two-level chamber that developed in limestone of Upper Cenomanian age (Sakhnin Fm.). The cave has a large opening (measuring 3.5X1.3 m) gaping in a sharp slope descending north from Har Shezor. The cave opening leads to a wide space (A) measuring 7X6 m, reaching up to 2 m in height. This space looks like a rounded, lit space; its ceiling is high and wide dissolution domes gape in it. In the middle of the chamber ceiling there is a blocked opening that certainly once led to the surface outside the cave. The walls of the space are made of weathered limestone covered by a layer of green mold, and in various places dry speleothems can be seen descending from the walls and ceiling of the space. The floor and ceiling of the space are bounded on the east by a high step, descending to the lower part of the cave space. On the southern side of space A there is a wide niche (1A), its floor sloping and built of rock, its ceiling descending like a deep chimney at whose top there is a narrow opening to the surface outside the cave. East of this niche, in the south-eastern corner of the entrance space, there is an elliptical opening leading to a rounded room (B) in the middle of which stands a wide rock pillar. The floor of the room is horizontal and covered with a thin layer of soil; its ceiling is uneven and deep dissolution domes gape in it. Throughout this room a few fragments of coarse pottery vessels were found.
East of the entrance space, at a lower level than it, there is a wide chamber of rounded shape (C) measuring 12X10 m and about 5 m high. The floor of this chamber is covered by a layer of dark soil sloping from west to east, and in various places low walls built of fieldstones have been installed in it. Throughout this chamber, as in most parts of the cave, a great deal of garbage is scattered.
Access:
- The cave opening can be reached on foot from the discharged-soldiers neighborhood of the village of Peki'in.
* No bats were observed in the cave.
Equipment:
- A visit to the cave does not require special equipment.
Written by: Boaz Langford
