Avenc del Forner

Small pit 13 m deep in Querol (Alt Camp), explored and surveyed in 1970 by the GET of AE Talaia.

Querol • Alt Camp 18m 13m

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Avenc del Forner

Small pit 13 m deep in Querol (Alt Camp), explored and surveyed in 1970 by the GET of AE Talaia.

Querol · Alt Camp

Length: 18 m · Depth: 13 m

Updated record

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Topographic map of the main entrance — Main entrance · ICGC topographic map

Small pit 13 m deep in Querol (Alt Camp), explored and surveyed in 1970 by the GET of AE Talaia.

Characteristics

Type: Pothole
Municipality: Querol
Region: Alt Camp
Unit: Bloc del Gaià
Length: 18 meters
Depth: 13 meters
Major Unit: Serralada Prelitoral
Lithology: Limestone
Updated on EspeleoÍndex: July 18, 2013

Location

Leaving Pont d'Armentera on the TV-2141 road you reach cal Batllet. At this point the asphalt ends and we continue to cal Mandil, which is at the foot of the castle of Saborella; here you must leave the vehicle and continue on foot for about 10-15 minutes.

The entrance is in the middle of a flat area to the SE of cal Mandil. Going along the collet path, turn right in the direction of cal Rosic, leaving the ruins of cal Tronc behind.

Approximate coordinates of the area where it should be located, without any reliability whatsoever.

Entrances

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Avenc del Forner
Elevation: 575 m
41.413634, 1.368456
UTM 31T (ED 50) 363737 4586163
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Topographic

Avenc del Forner - Topography, Querol, Alt Camp

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Description

Morphology

The entrance is a 5 metre drop that leads to a small chamber with a very steep floor, at the bottom of which there is a narrow, twisting passage of 0.4x0.4 metres that opens into a vertical tube of 2 metres, followed by a final small chamber with many formations, from which a crawlway emerges that becomes impassable.

Speleothems

The final small chamber has many formations.

Progression

The entrance is a 5 metre drop. At the bottom of the small chamber with the very steep floor there is a narrow, twisting passage of 0.4x0.4 metres that opens into a vertical tube of 2 metres, followed by a final small chamber with many formations, from which a crawlway emerges that becomes impassable.

History

This cavity was pointed out to the members of the GET of AE Talaia by Mr. Marlés, baker of the village of Pont d'Armentera. They cleared the entrance and explored and surveyed it in 1970.