Adamkó Péter - Dénes György - Leél-Őssy Szabolcs: The Caves of Buda - Our Budapest (Budapest, 1992)

(At the time of naming the cave only seven of the shafts were known.)

The best-known cave in the gorge is the Remete Caue which was named after the hermits who repeatedly inhabited it. As a dwelling for primitive man, the cave is a significant archeological and paleontological site. At this locality one of the most complete archeological sections in Hungary was excavated. It contained remains of almost every human culture that lived in the area, dating from the Stone Age through the Bronze Age, the Iron Age, the Roman Age and the Middle Ages and up to the modern times. The paleontological finds consist of bones of nearly 30 different species of fossil animals, including cave bear, ancient buffalo, rhinoceros and horned deer.

In the Upper Remete Caue a gold treasure hidden during the Bronze Age was found. The lower sediment layers yielded Stone Age tools.

The Szurdok (Gorge) Cave also became famous for its archeological finds. Numerous quartz and obsidian blades as well as pottery fragments from the Copper and Bronze ages were excavated, finds from the 13th century include partly minted, coin-sized silver pieces and four completely minted silver coins. Quite possibly at that time money counterfeiting was practiced in the cave. The most recent find is 500 years old. This indicates that the cave was used by man from the Stone Age through the Middle Ages. Later the entrance collapsed and until the explorers succeeded in breaking through the debris in the 1970’s, no one had set foot in the cave.

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