Devil's furnace ( Slovak. Čertova pec ) - open for free visiting [1] a small karst cave, a natural monument in the mountain range Povazhsky Inovets on the site of the Inovetsky foothills. Located in the cadastral territory of the village of Radoshina ( Topolchany district , Nitryan Territory ). The cave is accessible to tourists for the purpose of healing and exploring the natural and historical values [2] . In the cave found the oldest traces of cave settlements in Slovakia.
| Devil's oven | |
|---|---|
| Slovak Čertova pec | |
| Specifications | |
| Type of | karst |
| Host rocks | limestone |
| Visit | |
| Visible to visitors | up to foot for visiting tourists m |
| Location | |
| A country |
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| Edge | Nitra region |
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Location
Located at the foot of the mountain "Above Lipovnik" (382.2 m above sea level [3] ), about 1.5 km north-west of the village of Radoshina in the mountainous region "Verkhniy Pertovich", near the road section 2 of class No. 499 at an altitude of 253 m above sea level. [four]
History
The cave with the Slovak name Csertowa Pecz / Devil's Stove / is also mentioned by Matthias Bely (first half of the 18th century) in the book Notitia Hungariae novae historico geographica (Historical and geographical information about New Hungary), published in 1742 . In the monograph of the Nitriansky zupy from 1898, the cave is listed under the Hungarian name Ördögkemencze (Devil's Stove). The cave was investigated in 1958 - 1961 . Dr. Yura Barta, a staff member of the Archaeological Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, located in the city of Nitra . In 1981 , the cave was declared a protected natural formation. Natural monument declared in 1994 (confirmed in 2008 ).
Archaeological finds
In the era of the early Stone Age , hunters lived in a cave. In the course of the research, multi-tiered settlements were discovered. The oldest belongs to the period of the interglacial and is a monument to the mususter culture of the Middle Paleolithic , then it was inhabited by a Neanderthal man . This is the oldest known cave settlement in Slovakia. Subsequently, there existed a “seletian” culture belonging to the period of the younger Paleolithic . Chipped and retouched stone finds and snails are similar to those from the Black Sea region .
Description
Refers to tunnel caves and have entrances on both sides. Its western gate-like entrance, surrounded by rocky ledges, is located in a 12m high limestone rock. The width of the entrance to the cave is 4.5 m, height - 5.3 m. The cave crosses several tectonic cracks. The length of the cave is 27m, width is about 6m, the maximum height is 4.6 meters. As you move to the eastern entrance, the height of the cave decreases. The inner space of the cave is illuminated through a hole on its north side. The cave was formed by karsting of dolomite limestone on the once high erosion base of the Small Park, thus, it can be argued. that it is a cave of stream origin. The cave is a rare archaeological and paleontological monument, which has clear traces of a multi-tiered Paleolithic Hallstatt settlement. Not far from the cave there is a motopalike of the same name.
Access
It is located about 3 minutes walk along a marked trail from the eponymous moto-camper at the Gavran mountain crossing on the cadastral territory of the Radoshina village. The cave is open to the public.
Notes
- ↑ Vyhláška KÚŽP Nitra č.2 / 2008 na ssj.sk (.pdf) (Not available link) . Archived January 11, 2012.
- ↑ SAŽP. Čertova pec v štátnom zozname osobitne chránených častí prírody SR [online].
- ↑ VKÚ, AS HARMANEC.
- ↑ PETROVIČ, Daniel; PETROVIČ, Jozef; KOLEKTÍV AUTOROV.
References Used
- Považský Inovec, turistický sprievodca ČSSR , D.Petrovič, J.Petrovič, Šport, Bratislava, 1986, str. 142-143
- Photograph of the “Devil's Stove” of the “Povazh Inovets” educational trail on the website www.radosina.sk (.jpg) (1 MB) (inaccessible link) (in Slovak)
- information signs in the vicinity of the cave