
Avenc del Pont de Can Prat
A pit of just over 15 m depth in the Serra de l'Obac, excavated in limestones within the Sant Llorenç del Munt – Serra de l'Obac conglomerate massif. Discovered by Lluís Hernández and explored in June 2013.
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Avenc del Pont de Can Prat
A pit of just over 15 m depth in the Serra de l'Obac, excavated in limestones within the Sant Llorenç del Munt – Serra de l'Obac conglomerate massif. Discovered by Lluís Hernández and explored in June 2013.
Matadepera · Vallès Occidental
Length: 20 m · Depth: 15 m
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A pit of just over 15 m depth in the Serra de l'Obac, excavated in limestones within the Sant Llorenç del Munt – Serra de l'Obac conglomerate massif. Discovered by Lluís Hernández and explored in June 2013.
Topographic
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Description
Morphology
With a circular shaft, earthy and with roots from the pine near the mouth, the pit descends vertically 3.5 metres. At its base, an opening in the shape of a half-moon allows a fairly comfortable passage for a first pitch. This half-moon is delimited by a large slab of stone that crosses the whole side of the base and that seems firm enough. Next a slab of smaller dimensions that protrudes from the wall is the only one that gets in the way in this initial passage of the interior pit. A shaft of 3 metres leaves you at the base. At this base there is a cavity that fills up at half a metre of depth, and a crawl of steep inclination, some 55º and 4.5 metres of route that ends in a small chamber, where the point of maximum depth is reached at 15.5 metres.
Other details
Special mention must be made that this cavity is one of the few that are found excavated in limestones within the Sant Llorenç del Munt – Serra de l'Obac conglomerate massif. Years ago the pits of Can Sallent and that of les Pedres, also excavated in limestones, disappeared due to the advance of the quarry. Now there are only this one, a fissure in the area of Roques Blanques and some other phenomenon of very small dimensions.
History
The cavity was discovered by Lluís Hernández, presenter of the programme Això és la Mola on Radio Matadepera, who got in contact with veteran members of the SIS – CE Terrassa and of the GES – CM Terrassa, who after a first inspection returned with other companions who during the month of June 2013 proceeded to the clearing of some very narrow points and to the preparation of the study and survey.
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Bibliography
- Totes les dades han estat extretes del blog de la SIS: sisdelcet.blogspot (diversos apunts durant juny i juliol del 2013).
- Més dades al web: trailsantllorenc (de Lluís R. Hernández, de Matadepera).
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