Shelf Arch

Dog School Branch Arch Complex - Arch 5 - Shelf In Far Right Pillar

Laurel County · Cumberland Plateau

3 pillars, 1 tube, 1 shelf and a window. Two large openings with a pillar in each, the openings are connected by a tube. To the right of the right opening is a secondary smaller pillar seperated by a shelf, though the openings for the self seperated pillars are about 1 ft each, they both are over 3 ft in length. The right opening also goes back a significant distance, perhaps 30 ft. From left to right, left of the left opeing is the window, then the left opening has a pillar inside it apporiximately 4 or 5 ft tall, to the right of the pillar in the back of the recess is a tube that connects the right recess. At the end of the tube in the right recess and about a foot further right is a thin column that is 4 ft tall. A tunnel goes a back about 30 ft behind the column. To the right in the opening of the right entrance is anothe pillar type arch with two openings seperated by a shelf at a 90 degree angle.

By the look of the hillside accent there considerable foot traffic and possible 4 x 4 attempts, however the arches are in surprisingly excellent condition with no signs of abuse.

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Owner Private
Elevation 1,212 ft
Rock layer Corbin Sandstone Member of Grundy Formation: Sandstone
Documented by Randall Miller
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Submitted by Bill Fultz

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