
Avenc del Batlle Vell
Small pit 6 m deep in Pontons (Alt Penedès), with a rounded 1 m entrance, a debris cone and a final chamber 7.5 m long.
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Avenc del Batlle Vell
Small pit 6 m deep in Pontons (Alt Penedès), with a rounded 1 m entrance, a debris cone and a final chamber 7.5 m long.
Pontons · Alt Penedès
Length: 33 m · Depth: 6 m
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Small pit 6 m deep in Pontons (Alt Penedès), with a rounded 1 m entrance, a debris cone and a final chamber 7.5 m long.
Topographic
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Description
Morphology
A rounded entrance 1 metre in diameter gives access to a 2 metre drop that takes us to the top of a debris cone. To the E we can descend to a small chamber that ends at 6 metres; and to the W the debris cone leads to a chamber full of blocks, some of them stacked by human hands. To the right we can reach the deepest point of the cavity and, shortly before, a narrow gallery takes us to the small chamber we mentioned first. Continuing onward we reach the final chamber of the cavity, 7.5 metres long and with a maximum width of 3 metres. At the end of the chamber there is an impenetrable crawlway that appears to end after a few metres. On the ceiling of the chamber there is a dome 2.5 metres high.
History
It seems to have been known since remote times by local people, who had even used it as a refuge during the civil war. But the first speleological reference is given by members of the SIE – CEA who explored and surveyed it in February 1972 (the survey had remained unpublished until now).
Practically lost, members of the EC Gràcia and the GE Badalona were able to locate it in March 2014 thanks to the help of Pepe Cubillo, from the rural house: Les Canyes (Pontons), preparing a definitive record.
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Bibliography
- Actualització de dades, fotografies i topografia recent extretes del blog: catalunyasubterranea.blogspot (de Jordi de Valles); apunt del 25-4-2014. Dades: J. de Valles i J. Cuenca
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