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Avenc de Fontanilles

Avenc de Fontanilles

Small 9 m deep pit in Collsuspina, near the Espina farmhouse and a cultivated field.

Collsuspina • Moianès 9m 9m

Small 9 m deep pit in Collsuspina, near the Espina farmhouse and a cultivated field.

Characteristics

Location

About 450 metres east of the Espina farmhouse, right next to a cultivated field. Going up the road from Tona to Collsuspina, shortly before reaching the coll de la Pollosa, an important track comes out on the left. We will follow it for half a kilometre to the house of the Collada, where we will leave it to take another secondary track on the right. About a kilometre later, we reach the coll d’Heures, where we will leave the car. From here we will take a new track heading west, which we will follow for not quite 100 metres before leaving it and continuing cross-country heading north until we find the cultivated field on the eastern side of which the entrance is located, next to a small tree. From the car to the cavity, about 5 minutes.

Map

Entrances

Always verify coordinates and access conditions before setting out.

  1. Fontanilles, Avenc de

    Elevation: 926 m

    41.817801, 2.183938
    UTM 31T (ETRS89) 432223 4629869
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Photos

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Description

Morphology

The entrance, 1.8 x 0.7 metres, is located right at the edge of the cultivated field. Because of its danger, it is half covered with branches and some iron bars in the manner of a grate. It gives access to a 9 metre vertical shaft with an elliptical section.

History

On the Alpina map “Cingles de Bertí”, 2013-2014 edition, the pit symbol is shown (in earlier editions, it is not), although it does not appear in the speleological catalogue that accompanies the guide. Located by Francesc Roma on an excursion and later accompanied Ferran Cardona (ECG) and Josep Cuenca (GEB) who explored it on 25 March 2016.

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Bibliography

  • Totes les dades, topografia i fotografies han estat extretes del blog: cavitatsdecatalunya.blogspot (de Jordi de Valles). Apunt del 18-5-2016. Autors fitxa: Ferran Cardona i Josep Cuenca

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