Avenc de la Font del Pujol

A small but pretty unpublished cavity in Capafonts, with an entrance of 0.55x0.45 metres, a 3.6-metre shaft and a 9-metre gallery with flowstone and stalagmites.

Capafonts • Baix Camp 13m 4m

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A small but pretty unpublished cavity in Capafonts, with an entrance of 0.55x0.45 metres, a 3.6-metre shaft and a 9-metre gallery with flowstone and stalagmites.

Capafonts · Baix Camp

Length: 13 m · Depth: 4 m

Updated record

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

A small but pretty unpublished cavity in Capafonts, with an entrance of 0.55x0.45 metres, a 3.6-metre shaft and a 9-metre gallery with flowstone and stalagmites.

Characteristics

Type: Pothole
Municipality: Capafonts
Region: Baix Camp
Unit: Muntanyes de Prades
Length: 13 meters
Depth: 4 meters
Major Unit: Serralada Prelitoral
Lithology: Limestone
Updated on EspeleoÍndex: May 23, 2021

Location

On the TV-7041 road towards Capafonts from Prades, at kilometre 23.55 on the left side of the road a track sets off, and after 150 metres we find a house on the left. We must follow the track for 580 metres from the road, where we find a wider place to park and turn around. From this point we continue on foot along the track for about 40 metres and turn off to the right at the point where a small rock wall ends; the cavity is 30 metres from the track.

Entrances

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Avenc de la Font del Pujol
Elevation: 811 m
41.290248, 1.019777
UTM 31T (ETRS89) 334188 4572869
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Topographic

Avenc de la Font del Pujol - Topography, Capafonts, Baix Camp

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Description

Morphology

The entrance of 0.55x0.45 metres opens in marly limestone by means of a 3.6-metre shaft. At the base we find a SE-NW gallery in the shape of a half moon about 9 metres long.

Speleothems

The gallery presents a great profusion of flowstone and stalagmites.

Progression

The 3.6-metre shaft can be descended with the help of a safety rope.

History

A cavity that does not appear cited in any catalogue, very probably known at a local level since it is very close to cultivated fields. The first news we have of the cavity is from the exploration carried out in 2015 doing biospeleological research by Ramon Sendra and Joan Pallisé, who informed us of the existence of the cavity.