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Avenc de Mata-redona

Avenc de Mata-redona

A pit with no information near the ruins of Mata-redona (Montsià), with a shaft leading to a large chamber, a trap for animals.

Sant Carles de la Ràpita • Montsià 10m 10m

A pit with no information near the ruins of Mata-redona (Montsià), with a shaft leading to a large chamber, a trap for animals.

Characteristics

Location

From Sant Carles de la Ràpita you must take the track that goes up the barranc de Solito (path to Mata-redona) until reaching the Cocó del Jordi where we can leave the car. From here you can continue on foot along the path, in a N direction, until reaching the GR-92 and continue in the direction of la Foradada until reaching the old farmhouse of Mata-redona. From the back part of the ruined farmhouse, we go down towards the bed of the small ravine and go up the other slope. The path is quite worn, and it gives us a different view of the farmhouse, with the mola de la Foradada and the crestall del Montsià as a backdrop. At the top part of this rounded hill and on the left we find an area of large slabs, the saleres where the shepherds left salt for the flocks. We momentarily leave the path and go among the undergrowth to the right towards the centre of the hill. You must be very careful watching where you put your feet, because more or less in the middle, suddenly, the hole opens in the ground.

Map

Entrances

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  1. Mata-redona, Avenc de

    Elevation: 556 m

    40.642556, 0.541392
    UTM 31T (ETRS89) 292104 4501985
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Photos

Avenc de Mata-redona - Photo, Sant Carles de la Ràpita, MontsiàView image
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Description

Morphology

From the entrance a shaft can be glimpsed where at the bottom a very large chamber opens, about 10 or 12 metres in diameter, and 8 or 10 metres deep.

Other details

The chamber has always been a veritable trap for many animals. We imagine that at some point it will have been explored, but for the moment we have no news about it. We do not know any further detail of the cavity and we would be grateful if anyone has information to provide it to us.

History

Known for a long time without having news of any exploration.

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Bibliography

  • Totes les dades i fotografia han estat extretes del blog: senderes.blogspot (de Pep Badia, la Ràpita). Apunt del 27-5-2018. Inclou ruta a Wikiloc

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