Avenc de la Plomada

Cavity with a 12-metre drop in the municipality of Cervelló, discovered and explored in the spring of 1968 by the GIS.

Cervelló • Baix Llobregat 72m 12m

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Avenc de la Plomada

Cavity with a 12-metre drop in the municipality of Cervelló, discovered and explored in the spring of 1968 by the GIS.

Cervelló · Baix Llobregat

Length: 72 m · Depth: 12 m

Updated record

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

Cavity with a 12-metre drop in the municipality of Cervelló, discovered and explored in the spring of 1968 by the GIS.

Characteristics

Type: Pothole
Municipality: Cervelló
Region: Baix Llobregat
Unit: Ordal, muntanyes de l'
Length: 72 meters
Depth: 12 meters
Major Unit: Serralada Litoral
Lithology: Limestone
Updated on EspeleoÍndex: March 6, 2016

Location

From the Pla de Campaments we will head in the direction of the quarry where the Avenc d'en Roca is found. After passing the barrier that prevents the passage of vehicles, we find a curve to the left. At this point one must follow a path on the right of the track until finding the ruins of the Maset de Can Dispanya; the cavity is found by following the path for 200 metres further on and at this point 15 metres to the left of the path.

Entrances

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Avenc de la Plomada
Elevation: 453 m
41.393490, 1.888290
UTM 31T (ED 50) 407155 4583240
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Topographic

Avenc de la Plomada - Topography, Cervelló, Baix Llobregat

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Description

Morphology

Small entrance of 1 x 0.6 metres that gives access to a pit of 8.4 metres, but which at 4 metres already becomes wider forming a chamber with a sloping floor from which different galleries of short length and little height emerge.

History

Cavity discovered and explored in the spring of 1968 by members of the Grup d'Investigació Subterrània (GIS) of the Cooperativa Pau i Justícia del Poble Nou (Barcelona). The pit has two names because at that time, a female companion of the group, Alícia Gil, died in a car accident in Cerdanya and they dedicated it to her memory (Information provided by Alfred Montserrat, ERE – CEC).

We update the record (March 2016) including a survey unpublished until now, found in the archive of the ERE – CEC and made in October 1968 by Josep Castell and companions a few months after the discovery of the pit.

Bio

Isopods: Spelaeo nethes occidentalis; Oritoniscus lagari; by A. Lagar on 5/6/1969.

Pseudoscorpions: Roncus (Parablothrus) hibericus; by J. Abad on 15/5/1969. Troglobisium racovitzai; by Miquel Vidal on 16/9/1973.

Coleoptera: Troglocharinus ferreri

1 male specimen and 3 remains by A. Traver on 5/V/1968.

1 male specimen and 3 females by M. Orts on 25/VIII/1968.

5 specimens by O. Escolà on 23/II/1969.

1 female specimen and 6 remains by Mor, J. Giménez on 23/II/1974. A. Lagar on 5/6/1969 and C. Gállego on 16/9/1976.

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Bibliography

Ferreres, J. – Lagar, A.(1977).-“Avenc de la Plomada”. Exploracions. (1):12-16. GGG. Barcelona.
Rubinat, F. (1981).-“Catàleg Espeleològic del Massís de Garraf. Unitat septentrional”. GOURS (8):45-75. GEFOMA. Barcelona.
Rubinat, F. (2004).-“Catàleg Espeleològic del Massís de l'Ordal”. Espeleosie (monogràfic):1-117. SIE-CE Àliga. Barcelona.