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Avenc d'en Parrilla

Avenc d'en Parrilla

A 45-metre-deep pothole in Olesa de Bonesvalls, with a 4 X 2 metre entrance and a 41-metre vertical drop.

Olesa de Bonesvalls • Alt Penedès 55m 45m

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Avenc d'en Parrilla

A 45-metre-deep pothole in Olesa de Bonesvalls, with a 4 X 2 metre entrance and a 41-metre vertical drop.

Olesa de Bonesvalls · Alt Penedès

Length: 55 m · Depth: 45 m

Updated record

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Main entrance reference 41.348510, 1.869560 UTM 31 · 405525 4578267
Topographic map of the main entrance
Main entrance · ICGC topographic map

A 45-metre-deep pothole in Olesa de Bonesvalls, with a 4 X 2 metre entrance and a 41-metre vertical drop.

Characteristics

Location

In the municipality of Olesa de Bonesvalls. On entering the village we find the town hall building; you must take the street on the right that climbs up to the water tanks. From here a track (camí de Can Prunera) starts, which we follow until we find the Fondo de Matabous. We continue along the track on the right that runs parallel to the hollow until we reach the point where the Fondo de Matabous meets a stream that comes from the right. On the other side of this stream a path starts which, zigzagging for some 200 metres, brings us to the entrance of the cavity, having previously passed by the remains of some huts.

Map

Entrances

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  1. Parrilla, Avenc d'en

    Elevation: 410 m

    41.348510, 1.869560
    UTM 31T (ED 50) 405525 4578267
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Description

Morphology

A 4 X 2 metre entrance leads us to a 41-metre-deep vertical drop, which widens as it descends. The floor slopes towards the SW, where -45 metres is reached. At the bottom of the pothole, on the E side, we find a crawl that allows us to reach a tiny chamber.

History

Known for ever; indeed the entrance of the cavity is located in the middle of old cultivation terraces. The first exploration is attributed to Mossèn Font i Sagué.

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Bibliography

  1. SIE-CEA (1980).-“Alguns fenòmens subterranis propers a Oleseta”.Espeleosie (24):9-28. SIE- CE Àliga. Barcelona.
  2. Rubinat Aumedes, F. (1988).-“Catàleg Espeleològic del massís de Garraf. Unitat septentrional. Sector 12” Espeleosie (30):13-68. SIE CE Àliga. Barcelona.
  3. Rubinat Aumedes, F. (2004).-“Catàleg Espeleològic del Massís de l'Ordal”. Espeleosie  (Monogràfic):1-117. SIE-CE Àliga. Barcelona.

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