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Avenc del Cavall de la Barata

Avenc del Cavall de la Barata

Avenc de 33 m. de fondària a Sant Llorenç del Munt

Matadepera • Vallès Occidental60m33m

A 33 m deep pit in Sant Llorenç del Munt, NE of the house of la Barata.

Characteristics

Location

To the NE of the house of la Barata and on the other slope of the riera de les Arenes.

Going along the road from Terrassa to Mura, at km. 9 you come to the important farmhouse of la Barata. In front of it and to the right of the road a path sets off that goes down to the riera de les Arenes and climbs up towards Can Pèlags. Shortly after crossing the riera and before crossing the Canal del Forn del Cargol, on the left a path sets off that climbs in the opposite direction and which must be followed for some 300 metres; when it passes along the upper part of some ploughed fields, on the right and above it, we will find the mouth of the pit.

Mapa

Entrances

Always verify coordinates and access conditions before setting out.

  1. Cavall de la Barata

    Elevation: 664 m

    41.644030, 1.988980
    UTM 31T (ED 50) 415898 4610952
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Photos

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Description

Morphology

The mouth, circular in shape and about 3 metres in diameter, gives access to a first shaft 27 metres deep, which is intercepted at 13 metres from its start by a gallery running O30S about 11 metres long, formed by making use of a clayey stratum cut by the joint. At the base of the shaft two galleries open, one in direction E30N about 9 metres long, formed on the same generating joint.

Progression

In the opposite direction one passes through a narrow crawl and continues along a small step that leads to the point of maximum depth.

History

The oldest exploration that we have been able to document is the one carried out by members of the GES – CMB during the month of May 1962.

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Bibliography

GES-CMB (1974).- Catálogo espeleológico de la provincia de Barcelona. 198 pp. Club Montañés Barcelonés /Diputación Provincial de Barcelona.

· Coordenades i fotografies JNC facilitades per Jordi Navarro del Centre Excursionista de Castellar del Vallès.

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