3 I 4 de Coves Nº2 Comallonga

A group of three small caves at Castellar de n'Hug (Berguedà): caves 2, 3 and 4, with la Cova -1 about 15 m higher up.

Castellar de n'Hug • Berguedà 21m 6m

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A group of three small caves at Castellar de n'Hug (Berguedà): caves 2, 3 and 4, with la Cova -1 about 15 m higher up.

Castellar de n'Hug · Berguedà

Length: 21 m · Depth: 6 m

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Topographic map of the main entrance — Main entrance · ICGC topographic map

A group of three small caves at Castellar de n'Hug (Berguedà): caves 2, 3 and 4, with la Cova -1 about 15 m higher up.

Characteristics

Type: Cave
Municipality: Castellar de n'Hug
Region: Berguedà
Unit: Alt Llobregat
Length: 21 meters
Depth: 6 meters
Major Unit: Pirineu Axial
Lithology: Limestone
Updated on EspeleoÍndex: November 16, 2024

Location

From la Pobla de Lillet we will take the road to Castellar de n'Hug and leave it to enter the Clot del Moro. Once past the Museu del Ciment, the road makes a sharp bend to the right, the point from which the track leading to the refugi d'Erols starts. Halfway along its route we will leave the car at a sharp bend to the right and continue on foot along a secondary track that follows a power line, with the torrent de Coll Roig on our left. A hundred metres before the power line crosses the torrent, we will descend however we can to look for it. Once in its bed, we now face a steep climb up the other slope, with a steep gradient and no path, through a shady forest of beeches and pines with dense undergrowth of box trees. Although it depends on where we climb, we will first reach the place where caves 2, 3 and 4 are found, at the foot of the crag. la Cova -1 is found about 15 m higher up, following the base of the crag on a steep ascent.

Entrances

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COMALLONGA, COVES Nº2, 3 i 4 DE
Elevation: 1170 m
42.265754, 1.955601
UTM 31T (ETRS89) 413866 4679811
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Topographic

3 I 4 de Coves Nº2 Comallonga - Topography, Castellar de n'Hug, Berguedà

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Photos

3 I 4 de Coves Nº2 Comallonga - Photo, Castellar de n'Hug, Berguedà

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Description

Morphology

Cave 2: The cave has three entrances. The two on the left are very close together and, because of their curious shape, resemble the holes of a nose. The passages of both holes soon meet and form a small ascending chamber at the end of which there is a completely impassable hole, but through which we can see a widening on the other side. Entering through the third entrance, after a narrow section we reach a chamber that is not very high-ceilinged, at one end of which there is an impassable hole that also communicates with the aforementioned widening. From this chamber an impassable passage leads out to the crag. Total length, 21 m.

Cave 3: Once past the entrance we find an ascending passage which, because of its characteristics and gradient, closely resembles the passage of la Cova -1, but is shorter. At the upper part the level of +6 m is reached. Total length, 10 m.

Cave 4: Small cave of 3 m, very low-ceilinged.

Speleothems

Cave 4: its particularity is the existence of very old concretions, almost the only ones found in the group of the four cavities.

History

The caves were discovered, some years ago, by Ramon Ricart, a former forest ranger and a good connoisseur of the mountains of northern Berguedà. It was Ramon himself who accompanied members of the ECM Barcelonès and the GE Badalona to the caves in order to carry out the studies and surveys for their cataloguing.

Bio

The dense undergrowth of box trees is completely defoliated by the action of the box tree moth, Cydalima perspectalis.

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Bibliography

Totes les dades, topografia i fotografies han estat extretes del web: geb.cat (del Grup d'Espeleologia de Badalona). Apunt del 13-11-2023. Dades: Ramon Ricart, Ferran Cardona (ECM Barcelonès) i Josep Cuenca (GE Badalona)