No 2 Cave of Róka-hegyi tunnel

The Róka-hegy Táró No. 2 cave is one of the caves located in the Budai Landscape Protection Zone of the Danube–Ipoly National Park, in District III of Budapest.

Description

In one of the formerly worked stone quarries of Róka-hegy, the southeasternmost mountain of the Pilis range, on a nature‑protected area, at the base of a rock wall, there is an artificial shaft closed with a iron grate, through which the cave entrance opens. The quarry is on the DK side. To reach the cave entrance, which is about 2 m high and located on the left side of the shaft, one can only crawl through the openings of the iron grate, and this can be done only by slender persons.

The cave was formed in Triassic limestone. It is essentially a fissure cave. There are many pea‑stones inside. To explore the cave, which can be visited without a permit, basic caving equipment is required.

According to the cave map, the cave’s other name is Táró No. 2 cave (Sásdi 1997).

Research history

The cave was revealed as a result of stone mining. The Budapest lexicon, which saw the light of day in 1973, mentions that from the depressions of quarries operating or abandoned on the top and sides of Róka-hegy, two small (water‑origin) pits and several small artificial cavities open. The cave’s name does not appear in the national cave list of the book *Caves of Hungary* published in 1984. The cave was surveyed on 22 March 1997 by László Sásdi and Richárd Kovács, after which László Sásdi prepared the cave plan map, longitudinal section map and cross‑section map. The three maps present the cave at a scale of 1 : 100. The plan map shows the location of the longitudinal and cross sections within the cave.