Tag: limestone chamber

The second chamber of the fourth cave below the Mellieħa Cross, with rock-cut niches visible on the left.

A partly open rock-cut area below the Mellieħa Cross, possibly once forming a sixth cave with a collapsed roof and a window-like opening.

Inside the fifth cave below the Mellieħa Cross, showing a chamber with narrow rock-cut corridors.

Inside the fourth cave below the Mellieħa Cross, looking toward the entrance and a roof area that appears partly collapsed.

The fourth cave below the Mellieħa Cross, with a passage to a second chamber and worked niches in the limestone walls.

The second chamber of the third cave below the Mellieħa Cross, with partitions suggesting later use as an animal shelter.

The first chamber of the third cave below the Mellieħa Cross, with cut niches, rough limestone walls and visible later debris.

The first chamber of the second cave below the Mellieħa Cross, showing worked limestone walls and a dark interior space.

The third chamber of the first cave below the Mellieħa Cross, showing worked limestone walls and a dark enclosed interior.

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