| Lost Cove Cave | |
| Other Name: | Buggytop Cave |
| Location: | Franklin County, Tennessee, United States |
| Coords: | 35.1197°N -85.9103°W |
| Geology: | limestone |
| Entrance Count: | 3 |
| Entrance List: | Buggytop, Great Room, Peter |
| Difficulty: | Easy to moderate |
| Hazards: | Falling Rocks, Slippery Surfaces, Cliffs |
| Access: | Public |
| Lighting: | None |
| Features: | Lavacicles |
Lost Cove Cave, also known as Buggytop Cave, is a cave in Franklin County, south Tennessee near the towns of Sewanee and Sherwood and close to the Alabama border. It is noted for its large main entrance and the extensive archeological artifacts of the Woodland and Mississippian periods found inside.
Lost Cove Cave is a part of the Carter Natural Area section of South Cumberland State Park and is located in Lost Cove. It has three notable entrances: the main or Buggytop entrance which is 100feet wide and 80feet high, the second or Great Room entrance which was formed by the collapse of an upper section of the mid-cave area, and the third or Peter Cave entrance. The Peter Cave entrance opens into the so-called Indian Room which has been excavated for archeological artifacts since the 19th century.
Lost Cove Creek (or sometimes simply Lost Creek) is a river that enters the cave from Lost Cove at the Big Sinks and emerges from the Buggytop Entrance of the cave as Crow Creek into Crow Creek Valley. From there it flows through Sherwood, Tennessee before emptying into the Tennessee River at Guntersville Lake near Stevenson, Alabama, several miles to the south.
Archaeological work by students accomplished between 1959 and 1961 was published in The Tennessee Archaeologist, Vol. XVIII, No. 1 pp. 408 -430