Adamkó Péter - Dénes György - Leél-Őssy Szabolcs: The Caves of Buda - Our Budapest (Budapest, 1992)
<7 Gypsum crystals (Feather-grass) in the Shell Branch bitant. Now the cave is strictly protected, special permits for visit are issued only for scientific purposes. Cave explorers: Cavers of the Rose Hill Kinizsi Sport Club under the direction of Péter Adamkó and Szabolcs Leél-Őssy. Research advisers: Dr. György Dénes, Dr. Hubert Kessler and Dr. Sándor Leél-Őssy. Surveyed ah mapped by-. József Kárpát and Pál Borka. The Báthorí Cave The cave of hydrothermal origin under the summit of the Linden Hill, in contrast to its larger neighbours, was formed in the Triassic Dachstein limestone. The natural sections ornamented with beautiful hemispherical niches and “peastones” are supplemented with connected artificial mine galleries. The primary significance of this cave is its historical importance. Archeological excavations in the sediment layers of the cave unearthed numerous obsidian blades, paleolithic and neolithic stone tools along with objects from the Copper Age, the Bronze Age and the Iron Age. In addition, scores of medieval pottery fragments were also found. In the 15th century László Báthori, a scholarly monk from the nearby monastery of the Order of Paul at Budaszentlőrinc, became a hermit and lived in the cave for 20 years. The iegend holds that this is where he wrote his studies of the Holy Scriptures in Hungarian language. The cave now bears his name. Archival records from the second half of the 18th century and the beginning of the 19th century assert that small amounts of high-grade iron ore containing traces of gold and silver were exploited in the mine galleries whih were re-excavated in the 1960’s. The cave exploration revealed the past mining activities and yielded numerous remains of mining tools. Because of its hazardous condition and for the sake 45
