The Cave of the Pannonhalmi Hills
The 240 km2 Pannonhalmi Hills (or "Sokoro") is the northern most isolated
region of the Bakony Mountains. It is composed of three erosion and derasion
valleys which form the Szemere, Csanak, and Pannonhalma Hills. The bedrock
is the Upper Miocene sandstone and the surface is mainly a sandy Pleistocene
loess.
Only one natural cave is known in the Pannonhalmi Hills. It lies 2.5 km
west of Sokoropátka village in Mount "Öreg". The 6 m long "Barátok
várának ürege" (The Hole of the Monks Castle) was formed
in a marly loess. Out of this several collapsed or partly collapsed artificial
cavities and former cave dwellings are known, near Pannonhalma and Nyúl
villages in this hill country.