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Avenc de les Senioles

Avenc de les Senioles

Avenc constituït per una única sala de notables dimensions, a Ulldecona (el Montsià)

Ulldecona • Montsià55m21m

A single-chamber pit of notable dimensions in Ulldecona (el Montsià), with an entrance divided by a rock bridge, a debris cone, bat guano and an important colony of chiropterans.

Characteristics

Location

Along the TP-3311 road from la Galera to la Sénia, towards km 14.5, on the right we find the mas d'en Berga, right at the junction of the lligallo de Sant Jaume that comes from Ulldecona; we will turn right and continue for 960 metres, where we will take a track on the right that we will follow for 1.64 metres; this ends in front of a field of malea. On the left we have an olive grove where the vehicle can be left, while on the right a path continues that after 85 metres places us in another olive grove; we will continue to the left through this field along the side of the malea until reaching the stone wall that bounds the olive grove, then we will continue to the right parallel to the wall until it ends; a few metres before it ends, one must cross the wall and from there we find a path between the malea that in 40 metres in direction W38N will take us to the cavity. At the entrance we find an old metal drum, which is used to prevent anyone from falling; it must be put back, but leaving a gap so that the bats can pass. The second entrance is covered with logs for the same reason. One must be careful at olive-picking time, since the farmers do not like their fallen olives being trodden on.

Mapa

Entrances

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  1. Avenc de les Senioles

    Elevation: 274 m

    40.661045, 0.365687
    UTM 31T (ETRS89) 277307 4504467
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Description

Morphology

Entrance divided in two by a rock bridge. Through the larger one (1 x 0.5 m) one enters a short vertical conduit that soon connects with the one coming from the second, narrower entrance. After 5 metres we enter through the very middle of the ceiling of a circular chamber about 35 metres in diameter and between 10 and 14 metres in average height. The base of the pit is occupied by a large debris cone and quite a lot of rubbish from outside. From the base of the pit the floor slopes down in various directions; at one point in the chamber we find a mound of bat guano more than 2 metres high.

Speleothems

On the westernmost side and by means of a steep slope one can reach the lowest level of the cavity, where we find some parietal formations.

Other details

Pit made up of a single chamber of notable dimensions, in Ulldecona (el Montsià).

History

The first news we have of its exploration corresponds to members of the GES – CMB in November 1958, remaining unpublished. Around the decade of the 1970s it was visited and surveyed by members of the Grup Espeleològic d'Ulldecona, but we have no news that anything has ever been published regarding the cavity. The name given to the cavity is not very correct, since the area where it is located is known as the Pla de Bollaires; les Senioles lie further north. After several attempts to locate it by various groups, finally it is Agustí Barceló d'Ulldecona who, after some months of searching, locates it in June 2020 and provides us with the location, accompanying the Espeleoíndex team. Nevertheless, it is evident that more people know the location, since the spits that we find at the entrance are relatively recent.

Bio

Inside the cavity and during the visit carried out on 1-7-2020 the presence of an important colony of chiropterans has been confirmed.

User Comments (1)

Carlos Cantero

August 30, 2025

Molt Bones em dic Carlos cantero.de la uec tortosa Crec que cap esls any.210.vaix clava los espits ala capasalera.ya que un companp del terreno de la galera mel va ansenya.despres vaix monta un desviado en tornillo auto roscan .que despres el vaix traure.abui.e astat que feia 5 anysaprox...ne montar un altre desviado que e tret ya que es fan malbe pels gasos Dels guanos.gracies a dinámics per la fena de llimpia la cavitat Ara se respira molt ,i está llimpia.un plae per dona informacio Una gran colonia de rat panats ,mes ala finals de la primavera

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Bibliography

  • Situació i coordenades facilitades per Agustí Barceló (Ulldecona)

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