Lost Cove Cave
Introduction '''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.
Description 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  wide and  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.File:Lost Cove Cave Main Entrance From Below.jpg|Lost Cove Cave Main "Buggytop" Entrance with Lost Creek flowing outFile:Lost Cove Cave Creek From Above.jpg|View from the cliff above the "Buggytop" Entrance. Lost Creek can be seen flowing into Lost Cove.File:Lost Cove Cave Second Entrance.jpg|The Second or Great Room Entrance into Lost Cove CaveFile:Lost Cove Cave Indian Room Interior.jpg|Interior of Peter Cave or the so-called "Indian Room"File:Lost Cove Cave Indian Room Entrance Interior.jpg|Peter Cave or the so-called "Indian Room" entrance from the interiorFile:Big Sink Lost Cove.jpg|The "Big Sink", obscured by debris, is where Lost Creek enters into the cave.File:USGS-LostCove-Map.jpg|USGS Map of Lost Cove - The cave is in the map centerArchaeological work by students accomplished between 1959 and 1961 was published in The Tennessee Archaeologist, Vol. XVIII, No. 1 pp. 408 -430
References *  Carter Natural Area: Retrieved January 5, 2010