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Teena Cave -Hermon Shoulder, Hermon

Grid ref.: 222578/298425
Elevation: 1379 m above sea level

Description of the Cave:

The cave structure is that of a large chamber (about 10X 15 m and about 2 m high). The chamber has three openings. From the center of the chamber a large fig tree grows whose crown emerges through an opening in the chamber ceiling.

The cave is located on the southeastern slope of the Hermon Shoulder, above the Druze village of Majdal Shams and close to the Ma'arechet axis at section 372 (Ma'ale Ilan) about 20 m north of the Ma'arechet axis and about ten meters above it.

The cave was used in the past by shepherds of the area. In the cave there are built walls (it is not clear from which period).

Porcupine quills and droppings were also found, as well as bat droppings (no individuals were seen in the cave).

Notes:

According to a report from a resident of Majdal Shams there is another cave between axis sections 371 and 372 (east of the Tishtush Trail). The report stated that the cave has a small entrance and a large chamber reminiscent of the space of Banias Cave. No branches in the cave are known.

On 15.11.2008 the area that had been reported was surveyed, in order to locate the cave, but it was not found.

Written by: Vladimir Boslov and Boaz Langford