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  • Tags: Stalactites and stalagmites

Bob Tony and Athenry Gardens viewing the underground at Nonsuch

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"Viewing the underground: Bob Toby, owner of the Nonsuch Caves and Athenry Gardens (second from left) is pictured with guide (left) and visitors to the caves as they made a tour. Overhead are the straw-type stalactite formations."

View from the inside Nonsuch Caves

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"View of the inside of a cave looking out of its two window-like entrances."

Jackson Bay, Clarendon - The great cave

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"The Great Cave near here has been described by some as "the finest of all known Jamaican caves." One of the first authors to write about Jamaica's caves, including those in Clarendon was Sir Henry Thomas de la Beche in 1825, 1827."

Jackson Bay

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"Jackson Bay - below ground everything seems to have come from another world."

So called 'Water Cave' - Jackson Bay

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"Some distance from the entrance is the so-called "water cave" an area where the water is knee high. here another opening allows sunlight to come in, and also bats."

Shamrock Passage, Jackson Bay

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Draperies, stalactites and stalagmites in the Shamrock Passage of the Jackson Bay Cave.