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Collins Mountain, Bartow Co., GA Yarbrough Cave and Other Interesting Features |
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Collins Mountain, Bartow Co., GA Yarbrough Cave and Other Interesting Features |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2014-2021) |
| Archaeological and paleontological research was conducted here during the early 1990s. At the time of my visit, the site was in danger of being lost to commercial development... |
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| Approaching Yarbrough Cave |
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| Yarbrough Cave, with its unusual arch I used a flash to illuminate the passage entrance in this image... |
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| This cave has a beautiful natural arch at the entrance, developed in carbonates of the Ordovician Knox Group. |
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| The arch, from a different angle.... |
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| Cave interior |
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| A side passage |
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| Looking out from the cave There was ugly graffiti on one wall near the entrance. I tried to keep it out of most of the images. |
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| View out from further back |
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| View from under the arch |
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| From another angle, under the arch |
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| Another smaller cave nearby |
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| Beauty Berries (Callicarpa americana), a bit past their prime. |
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| Another cavity at the base of the cliffs |
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| Rock formation |
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| Stone Pillar |
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| A nice rock shelter |
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| Interior of the rock shelter |