Schalberghöhle - Pfeffingen, BL, Switzerland
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N 47° 27.898 E 007° 34.037
32T E 392026 N 5257831
A small cave near Pfeffingen where many prehistoric artifacts were found.
Waymark Code: WMF4R0
Location: Basel Landschaft, Switzerland
Date Posted: 08/23/2012
Views: 9
This cave is located on a ridge west of Pfeffingen. The hiking path to the medieval castle ruins on the ridge runs close to the cave.
The cave has a surprisingly complex structure, there are at least five entrances. If you bend down it's easy to enter from north or south, some holes go through the ceiling. The cave is not secured and always open.
In 1926 the cave was examined. Relics of different prehistoric cultures were found. Mousterian flint tools and animal bones (5000 B.C.), bone and flint tools and ceramic of the Horgen culture (3500 B.C.) and ceramic and a bronze needle of the late Bronze Age (1000 B.C.).
This cave is listed as an archeologigal monument of the canton Basel-Landschaft and a nature monument of the municipality of Pfeffingen.
Type of Land: Other
Managed By: Gemeinde Pfeffingen
Contact Info: none
Website: [Web Link]
Type of Cave: Karst Cave
Contains Stalactites: no
Contains Stalagmites: no
Contains Bats: no
Price of Admission: 0.00 (listed in local currency)
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