Tory's Cave (New Milford, Connecticut) Explained
Tory Cave (or Tory's Cave) is a marble solutional cave near New Milford, Connecticut.[1]
The big room has enough space for two dozen people. To protect bat colonies, the cave is closed to the public. Its name is based on a tale from the American Revolution, in which a Tory (a loyalist to the English monarchy) hid in the cave.[2] [3] [4] The cave is near the Housatonic River.
In 1996, Joe Hurley, writing in the Record Journal, reported that the cave's unique ecology was threatened by blasting from a nearby quarry.[2] The cave is home to a blind shrimp-like amphipod called a Stygobromus.
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- News: Woman rescued from New Milford cave . . 2013-08-13 . 2013-08-26 . Firefighters tell The News-Times of Danbury the woman and a male companion were inside Tory's Cave off Route 7 Monday afternoon when she went into an 8-foot crevice and could not get out..
- News: Creatures lurk in features of Tory's Cave. Record Journal. Joe Hurley. 1996-06-02. 2. 2013-08-26. The cave is alive with creatures like bats and pale-hued cave crickets. The Stugobromus also calls the cave home. The Stugobromus is a blind albine amphipod, or many-footed animal, somewhat like a tiny shrimp..
- Book: Underground New England. Stephen Daye Press. Clay Perry. 1939. 86. 2013-08-26. Connecticut is well stocked with "Indian Caves," all over the state, but only in the extreme northwestern corner does it have true caves, like the Twin Lakes Caves. A true limestone cavern and a beautiful one, is Tory Cave at New Milford. .
- News: The Speleo Digest. Pittsburgh Grotto Press. 1959. 1–143. 2013-08-26. TORT CAVE (Connecticut) Tory Cave is in a sandy limestone. Its most interesting single feature is a series of chimneys, one on top of the other; and what is more, interconnected in some cases by crawlways. .
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