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Avenc del Tossal de Cantacorbs

Avenc del Tossal de Cantacorbs

A 15 m deep pit at Tossal de Cantacorbs, Siurana, a very unstable clastic cavity with 5, 6 and 9 m shafts.

Cornudella de Montsant • Priorat 58m 15m

A 15 m deep pit at Tossal de Cantacorbs, Siurana, a very unstable clastic cavity with 5, 6 and 9 m shafts.

Characteristics

Location

On the T-3225 road heading towards Siurana, at km 6 a track heads northwest linking Siurana with Prades; 2.1 km before a fork we leave the car. We continue eastwards through a forest until reaching the crest of Tossal de Cantacorbs, where the cavity opens.

Map

Entrances

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  1. Avenc del Tossal de Cantacorbs

    Elevation: 971 m

    41.277969, 0.947810
    UTM 31T (ETRS89) 328130 4571646
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Photos

Avenc del Tossal de Cantacorbs - Photo, Cornudella de Montsant, PrioratView image
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Description

Morphology

It is a very unstable clastic cavity. Once the entrance is cleared, a small 35x35 cm opening leads to a 5 m shaft that places us in a small chamber of 4x10 m; to the south of the chamber another 6 m shaft opens, while to the northwest the joint narrows until it becomes impenetrable.

From the base of the entrance shaft, following the joint between blocks in a southeast direction, one reaches another 9 m shaft, where the joint gains greater extent until it closes and becomes impenetrable.

History

In the last entry of a field notebook by the geospeleologist Joaquim Monturiol, an enigmatic Avenc de Cantacorbs was mentioned, a place name quite repeated in the area, estimating a depth of 20 m and about which nobody knew anything.

Mentioned to Andreu Pallisé, he began searching the surroundings of Mas de Barba with the help of orthophotos until he located this cavity, which could be the one cited by Montoriol, although it is somewhat uncertain since the opening had to be cleared.

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Bibliography

Totes les dades, topografia i fotografies han estat facilitades per Joan Pallisé, J.M. Plana 'Bin', Albert Tarragó, Juan Luis Benitez, G.I.E.M. (C.E.M.)

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