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Avenc del Funiol

Avenc del Funiol

Interessant avenc d'uns 63 metres de desnivell a Vilaverd (Conca de Barberà).

Vilaverd • Conca de Barberà117m63m

A 63 m deep pit in Vilaverd (Conca de Barberà), located by Jesús Sánchez and explored in 1986 by the GELL.

Characteristics

Location

From La Riba take the TV-7044 road towards Farena; shortly after passing kilometre 3 we find the Masets refuge and the Font Gran, in front of the Penya Roja. From the Font Gran, along a well-marked path we will climb to behind the Penya Roja, skirting it on the right and up to the upper part of the cliff. Once we have reached this point, we will continue towards the SW, until we find a small pit on the right; a few metres higher up, on a clear stratification plane we will find the small entrance of the cavity, on the right slope of the ravine that begins at this point.

Mapa

Entrances

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  1. Avenc del Funiol

    Elevation: 510 m

    41.318009, 1.157755
    UTM 31T (ETRS89) 345808 4575697
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Photos

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Description

Morphology

The entrance is a crawl of 2.50 m wide by 0.90 m high and 10.50 m long, which opens out through a narrow passage at the start of the fissure, 1.50 metres above the level of the entrance, leaving a little before it a chimney that appears not to continue. The joint has an average width of a little more than half a metre along the whole cavity, a size that does not hinder the passage at any moment.

Progression

After the narrow passage we find ourselves before a broken vertical drop of 46 m according to the GELL, and of 55 m according to the GIEM-Montblanc. The bottom is of compact earth, on a steep slope, and appears to end after a few metres in a S direction where the fissure collapses and remains pending exploration. In a N direction, a drop of 6 m according to the GELL and of 11 according to the GIEM, which can be descended in opposition, taking care not to slip on the polished wall. At this lower level we begin to find blocks, as well as the last 11 m pitch, with three medium-sized blocks wedged between the walls. The ramp base ends up becoming impenetrable due to the narrowness of the fissure. At the final point, the GELL assigns it a depth of -63 m, while the GIEM places it at -80 m.

History

Located by Jesús Sánchez, a member of the GELL-CE Lleida, who was also a neighbour of La Riba and a hunter, a great connoisseur of the area which in those years had suffered a strong fire that destroyed all the vegetation. The first exploration was carried out on 30 November 1986 in which 6 members of the GELL took part.

The GIEM of Montblanc visits it on 19 January 1992, they return on 1 February 1992 when they carry out the survey, returning again on 20 December 1992 in order to carry out a biospeleological search.

In 2004 it is visited by members of the AAEET of Valls, who report the poor state of the installations (spits).

Bio

Coleoptera

  • Troglocharinus (Antrocharidius) orcinus acevedoi Español, 1953

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Bibliography

  1. GELL (1987).-”Fitxer de cavitats” Grallera (2):60-61. GELL-CE Lleida.
  2. GIEM (1992).-”Activitats realitzades l'any 1992”. Gatera (0):5. GIEM-CE Montblanc.
  3. GIEM (1993).-”Activitats realitzades l'any 1992”. Gatera (1):8. GIEM-CE Montblanc.
  4. Torrell, Xavier.(2004).-”Exploració de l'avenc del Funiol”. Cultura (653):34-35. AAEET. Valls.

  • Dades inèdites i topografia GIEM facilitades per Ramon Sendra (GIEM- Montblanc) (1992).
  • Revisió de coordenades, fotografies i dades de fauna facilitades per Joan Pallisé (13-6-2020)

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