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Avenc de Can Ramonet

Avenc de Can Ramonet

Single 27 m deep pit in Olivella (Garraf), an old stream sink now suspended about 15 m above the streambed.

Olivella • Garraf 35m 27m

Single 27 m deep pit in Olivella (Garraf), an old stream sink now suspended about 15 m above the streambed.

Characteristics

Location

Going along the track from Sitges to la Plana Novella, shortly before reaching Jafre, at a bend the access to the farmhouse of la Fassina comes out on the left and on the right there is the entrance to a path that, almost through the middle of the stream, leads to the ruins of Can Ramonet. Before that, however, on the right, the old path from Jafre to Casa Nova comes out and climbs up the left slope of the Fondo de les Llenties (its name seems to be due to the large quantity of orbitolines fossils found there). Once past a series of cultivated fields, the path turns left when passing in front of puig Ramonet a torrent can be seen flowing down towards the fondo de Can Ramonet. You must leave the path and go down to look for an old dry-stone hut among old terraced fields and about 15 metres above the stream, and very close to the hut is the pit, surrounded by a lot of vegetation that makes it difficult to locate.

Map

Entrances

Always verify coordinates and access conditions before setting out.

  1. Can Ramonet, Avenc de

    Elevation: 177 m

    41.276930, 1.848520
    UTM 31T (ED 50) 403659 4570343
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Photos

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Description

Morphology

An almost circular mouth of nearly 1 metres in diameter gives way to a passage that, a few metres down, connects with a bell-shaped shaft 25 metres in vertical drop and lands right in the middle of a pronounced ramp of clastic products about 10 metres in total length and 6 metres in width.

Speleothems

The wall formations are quite notable along almost the whole shaft.

Hydrology

Old stream sink, currently suspended about 15 metres above the streambed.

History

The first exploration was carried out by members of the SES – CE Puigmal (Barcelona) around the year 1958.

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Bibliography

  1. Borràs, J. (1974).- Catálogo espeleológico del macizo de Garraf. Vol. III . 207 pp. Barcelona.
  2. Castell, J.; Tejedor,J. (1982).- “Cadastre Espeleològic de la comarca del Garraf” (2ª part). Butll. de la Biblioteca Museu Víctor Balaguer (6èna època): 84-152. Vilanova i la Geltrú.

· Revisió de coordenades i situació facilitades per Jordi Navarro (Centre Excursionista de Castellar del Vallès)

Source: Espeleoindex (espeleoindex.com), modified. CC BY-NC 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/