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Avenc d'en Francesc

Avenc d'en Francesc

A 12 m deep pit in the Auferí area (Margalef), discovered and explored by the SAS – CG Barcelonès in 1966 and 1967.

Margalef • Priorat 48m 12m

A 12 m deep pit in the Auferí area (Margalef), discovered and explored by the SAS – CG Barcelonès in 1966 and 1967.

Characteristics

Location

From the picnic area of the Margalef reservoir, go to the bridge that crosses the reservoir, just after the outlet of the barranc de la Taverna, and follow the path parallel to the reservoir for about 400 m, where on our right we will find a turnoff that climbs directly towards the Auferí area. The first 300 m of the ascent are very steep and with little visibility due to the vegetation, although afterwards it is somewhat flatter, while in front we can make out a hill where almost at its summit most of the cavities are found.

You must climb up to a ridge where we will already see on the other slope the upper part of one of the barrancs de la Taverna. We will continue up towards the aforementioned hill (915 m) and once at the summit we will descend by the SW slope and soon find on our left a small depression where there is a holm oak and some kermes oaks, in the middle of which is the entrance of the avenc de l'Arboçar (or Arbocer). It is very close to a waymarked path.

Very close to this one, almost at the summit of the hill and in the middle of a small holm oak grove, is the entrance of what is probably the Avenc d'en Francesc.

Map

Entrances

Always verify coordinates and access conditions before setting out.

  1. Francesc, Avenc d'en

    Elevation: 914 m

    41.289712, 0.804272
    UTM 31T (ETRS89) 316141 4573244
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Photos

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Description

Morphology

A narrow horizontal and elongated opening and then a small pit. One reaches the start of two opposing galleries; one of them ascends and after a narrow passage reaches a room of 15 x 5 m where this area of the cavity ends. The other gallery descends and ends in a circular chamber, connected through its ceiling with an upper room.

History

Discovered and explored by members of the SAS – CG Barcelonès during the campaigns they carried out in this area of the Montsant during the years 1966 and 1967.

In this Auferí area, the people of the SAS – CGB also explored a few more cavities, all of them of very small dimensions: Avenc del Camí; Avenc Petit; Avenc del Senglar; Avenc del Turó and Avenc Cobert, and given the very little data they provide we have chosen not to catalogue them.

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Bibliography

  1. Borrás,J.;Miñarro,JM.;Talavera,F.(1984).- Catàleg Espeleològic de Catalunya (7):135-240. Ed. Políglota. Barcelona.
  2. SAS del CGB (1967).- Segundo Campamento Regional de Espeleólogos. (Margalef-Montsant): 32 pp + 2 desplegables. C.R.E.
  • Revisió de coordenades i fotografia facilitades per Joan Pallisé (abril 2021)

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