Avenc de la Galleda

Small pit 9 metres deep in the serra de la Morella (Begues), with a semi-vertical conduit of 5 metres and a shaft of 5.80 metres.

Begues • Baix Llobregat 11m 9m

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Avenc de la Galleda

Small pit 9 metres deep in the serra de la Morella (Begues), with a semi-vertical conduit of 5 metres and a shaft of 5.80 metres.

Begues · Baix Llobregat

Length: 11 m · Depth: 9 m

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Small pit 9 metres deep in the serra de la Morella (Begues), with a semi-vertical conduit of 5 metres and a shaft of 5.80 metres.

Characteristics

Type: Pothole
Municipality: Begues
Region: Baix Llobregat
Unit: Garraf, el
Length: 11 meters
Depth: 9 meters
Major Unit: Serralada Litoral
Lithology: Limestone
Updated on EspeleoÍndex: April 30, 2016

Location

It is located 48 metres E of the lower entrance of the avenc Carles Selicke. The best access is via the track heading to the coll de la Morella. Once we leave the asphalted track and are at the chain that prevents the passage of vehicles, we follow the track for 380 metres where we will find on the right a path heading to Coll Sostrell; we will follow this path for 580 metres until we are in the middle of a valley, we will go up this valley in a W direction, climbing by the old cultivation terraces until reaching the cavity; this is 57 metres from the path, on the left-hand side of the valley according to the direction of travel.

Entrances

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Avenc de la Galleda
Elevation: 534 m
41.297639, 1.918115
UTM 31T (ETRS89) 409421 4572363
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Topographic

Avenc de la Galleda - Topography, Begues, Baix Llobregat

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Description

Morphology

The entrance gives access to a narrow semi-vertical conduit 5 metres long with an average width of half a metre and little more height. This conduit leads us to the head of a shaft 5.80 metres deep, at the beginning of which it widens a little, to end up becoming narrow until it prevents continuation.

History

The little data we had about this cavity is that it had been cleared by the EGUME, at least that is what the graffiti at the entrance suggested; nowadays the paint has disappeared. Unaware of the name of the cavity, we have provisionally named it after the bucket that was wedged in the middle of the conduit, and which had to be removed in order to pass.