Source de Landenouse
A fine resurgence on the north bank of the Lot about 1.75 km upstream of Cajarc, rising in a 7 m high walled basin once built to drive two mills. From -6 m a scree slope leads to a wide horizontal gallery at 14–19 m depth that runs for about 350 m; further on the passage drops through a huge shaft to -88 m, and Jochen Hasenmayer reached 1,240 m at -90 m in 1980. The water is usually clear, slightly cloudier on the way out.
Facts
- Region: France – Lot cave springs
- Area: Lot valley
- Depth: 0–90 m
- Level: advanced
- Current: moderate
- Type: cave
- Coordinates: 44.487593, 1.865144
- Highlights: spring in a walled mill basin beside the D662, 350 m horizontal gallery at -14 to -19 m, explored to 1,240 m and -90 m (Hasenmayer 1980), giant shell-shaped shaft dropping to -88 m, clear, wide sump, limonite and calcite veins on the walls
- Tips: Parking is for only 2–3 cars at the track to the field; the landowner asks divers not to block his ramps or the sliding doors of the old tobacco barn. Full Cave certification (TDI/IANTD/GUE/PSAI/CMAS Full Cave or FFESSM Plongeur Souterrain 3 equivalent) required; without it only as a student with a cave instructor.