Avenc de la Roca Llisa
Avenc de 19 metres de fondària a la Joncosa del Montmell (el Montmell).
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Avenc de la Roca Llisa
Avenc de 19 metres de fondària a la Joncosa del Montmell (el Montmell).
Montmell, El · Baix Penedès
Length: 22 m · Depth: 19 m
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A 19-metre-deep pit in la Joncosa del Montmell (el Montmell), known since remote times and explored in 1899, 1956 and surveyed in 1973.
Topographic
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Description
Morphology
Formed by a single 17-metre pit, with another cavity of indeterminate height laterally, which can be accessed from different connection points with the main pit. At the base, on the S and W sides, there are two small pits, the deeper one reaching the -19 metre level.
Other details
The bottom of the pit is occupied by small-sized clastic products and occasionally by a certain amount of detritus from outside, especially decomposing animals.
History
Due to its proximity to the village of la Joncosa it has been known since remote times. At the end of July 1899, on finishing his excursion through the lands of the Priorat and the Baix Camp, Mn. N. Font i Sagué headed for Rodonyà, where Pau Teixidor was waiting for him to visit some cavities of the region. Among them, the avenc de la Roca Llisa, which he explored for the first time before a large attendance of people from la Joncosa. The little importance of the cavity means that he devotes only a few lines to it in his article about that excursion.
We have no further news of an exploration of the cavity until May 1956, when it was explored again by members of the GES – CMB, together with other cavities in the area.
We know that it has sporadically had occasional visits from different speleological groups, not many due to its little interest.
The only survey we know of is due to members of the SIE – CEA who carried it out in 1973.
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Bibliography
- Borràs, J.; Miñarro, J.M.; Talavera, F.(1978).-”l'alt camp, la conca de barberà, el baix penedès i el tarragonès”. Catàleg Espeleològic de Catalunya (vol.2):76-77. Edit. Políglota. Barcelona.
- Ferratè, J.(1918).- Espeleologia de les comarques tarragonines. Pp:1-133. Reus.
- Font i Sagué, N.(1900).-”Excursió espeleòloch-geològica al Priorat, Montanyes de Prades i Alt Panedès”. Butlletí CEC (69):245-256, CE Catalunya. Barcelona.
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