Avenc del Serralet Rodó
Petit avenc de 22 m. de fondària a Garraf (Sitges)
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Avenc del Serralet Rodó
Petit avenc de 22 m. de fondària a Garraf (Sitges)
Sitges · Garraf
Length: 27 m · Depth: 22 m
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Small pit 22 m deep in Garraf (Sitges), with an entrance 2.5 metres in diameter and a single shaft that widens to 5 metres at the -14 level.
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Description
Morphology
Through an entrance 2.5 metres in diameter one enters a shaft that gradually widens, reaching 5 metres in diameter at the -14 level, then narrowing slightly in the lower stretch of the single shaft that forms the pit. The cavity develops along a NE-SW joint, with some rather curious channels visible on the NE wall and some slabs of rock half hanging from the wall.
History
The pit was known to a regular informant of R. Amat i Carreras, a shepherd named Vallès. The first exploration took place on 2 September 1924, during the second campaign carried out by Amat and his companions. He explains that the spot where the pit is located was a usual place that smugglers, in other times, used as a hiding place for their merchandise.
Around 1957, Emili Sabaté (SES – CE Puigmal) located and explored the cavity thinking that it was an unpublished pit and, erroneously, renamed it Avenc del Pastor.
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Bibliography
- Amat i Carreras, R. (1925).- “Sota el massís de Garraf. Campanya de l'any 1924” Butlletí del Centre Excursionista de Catalunya 35 (363-364): 233-267. CEC. Barcelona
- Borràs, J. (1974).- Catálogo espeleológico del macizo de Garraf. Vol. II. 166 pp. Barcelona.
- Montoriol, J.; Muntan, L. (1961).- “Resultado de nuevas investigaciones sobre el karst del Pla de les Basses (Macizo de Garraf, Barcelona)” Speleon. T.12 (1-2): 35-53. Universidad de Oviedo.
- Coordenades i fotografies facilitades per Jordi de Cabo, extretes del blog “espeleo y fotografia”, post del dia 8 de març de 2015.
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