The Cave from Horn Hill (Cornului Hill) is a small cave, but very rich in archaeological traces. The cave is located Trascau Mountains near the hamlet Valea Poienii, Ponor village, Alba county. The place is forested and hides very well the entrance to the cave that is 20 meters below the top of the hill.
The cave has been inhabited since prehistoric times. There were found traces culture from the Bronze Age and Iron Age. It was explored and mapped by Viorel Roru Ludusan in 1982 after information taken from the locals.
It is a fossil cave with an arch-shaped entrance with the base of 5 meters and height of 2 meters. It enters directly into a room of 8/8meters, with horizontal floor, a suitable housing for the primitive man. Since those times it appeared parietal leakage and some crippled stalactite. The hall continues with a relatively large gallery of 2-3 meters, on the general direction north-south. It also appears monthmilk and draper formations. The gallery is expanding in a room with a slightly tilted floor but broken by several archaeological excavations. Further, the gallery is narrowing, becoming after a few meters impenetrable. On the opposite part of the hill, at its foot, lies “Vânătările Ponorului“.
The cave is difficult to find. There is no path nearby. It can be found easier when the forest is leafless and can be spotted a rock with grass on it, at 20 meters below the top of the hill. Light sources are needed.
