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Avenc de la Plana de la Torre

Avenc de la Plana de la Torre

Petit avenc de 5 metres de fondària al Montmell.

Montmell, El • Baix Penedès10m5m

Small pit 5 metres deep at Montmell, located and explored on 25 May 2010 by members of SIE – GEB - GIE during the search for the Avenc dels Pinyerets.

Characteristics

Location

It can be reached from the hamlet of Aiguaviva del Montmell along a lost path that climbs in a NW direction, and it is also possible from Aiguaviva itself to follow the TV-2443 road towards Can Ferrer de la Cogullada and, before the houses of the Vall de Sant Marc, on the right, a track for off-road vehicles leads to Mas Solà; before reaching it there is a turn-off to the right that would take us to the ruins of the Torre de Milà and that continues on until it almost ends at the upper plain. It is advisable to leave the vehicle at a point where the track is wider, before starting the last climb that leads to the plain. From the plain at the end of the track, we come across some blue paint marks on the trees which, if followed, lead us to the different cavities of the Plana de la Torre, passing first by the avenc de la Plana de la Torre.

Mapa

Entrances

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  1. Avenc de la Plana de la Torre

    Elevation: 760 m

    41.354050, 1.483020
    UTM 31T (ED 50) 373198 4579375
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Photos

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Description

Morphology

Through an entrance of 1.05X1.15 metres, one enters a narrow shaft 2.10 metres deep; the base of the shaft descends on a slope down to a drop of 1.45 metres, which places us in a joint about 4 metres long with the floor on a slight slope; the width does not exceed one metre and the maximum height is 1.10 metres. The cavity ends at 5.30 metres depth, while the length is 10.32 metres.

History

Located and explored on 25 May 2010 by members of SIE – GEB -GIE (the Thursday group of l'Espeleobloc) during the search for the Avenc dels Pinyerets. At the bottom of the pit they find an inscription ERE and provisionally call it Forat del Saumell.

Asking about the matter to colleague Oleguer Escolà (ERE of the CEC), he explains that when around the year 1972 they were accompanied by Lluís Porta in the search, unsuccessful that day, for the Avenc dels Pinyerets, they found and explored this small pit, calling it Avenc de la Plana de la Torre.

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Bibliography

  • Coordenades i història extretes del blog: Espeleobloc (post del dia 1 de juny del 2010). 
  • Dades, topografia i fotografies aportades per col·laboradors d'espeleoíndex.  

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