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Avenc Petit de Can Sadurní

Avenc Petit de Can Sadurní

Modesta extracció de 'sal de llop' al N de Begues

Begues • Baix Llobregat12m6m

Modest extraction of 'sparry calcite' in the N of Begues, known as 'the sparry calcite pit'.

Characteristics

Location

In the N of Begues. From Can Sadurní follow the well-signposted path that leads to the well-known cave of the same name. More or less halfway along the route, take a clear trail on the left that leads there without getting lost.

Mapa

Entrances

Always verify coordinates and access conditions before setting out.

  1. Can Sadurní, Avenc Petit de

    Elevation: 427 m

    41.345160, 1.911273
    UTM 31T (ETRS89) 408915 4577646
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Photos

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Description

Morphology

Elongated depression with a steep slope. Current forms inherited from the extraction of 'sparry calcite' and from recent detachment of large blocks. Characteristic rascler fissures filled with decalcification clay.

The 1961 survey seems quite exaggerated and currently, due to the subsequent fall of blocks, it has become even more different from reality.

History

Known forever by the local people as 'the sparry calcite pit'. In 1961 it was visited by members of the GES – CMB who included it in a work of the area (Montoriol, 1964) calling it Avenc molt petit de Can Sadurní. They did not give a clear location at all; its location appeared only on a precarious map of the area that accompanied the aforementioned article. With the passage of years and the little interest it had, practically nobody tried to locate it and nothing more was ever known of it.

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Bibliography

  1. Montoriol, J. (1964).- “Estudio de las formas cársticas hipogeas desarrolladas en los bordes del polje de Begues (Macizo de Garraf, Barcelona)”. Speleon (XV, 1-4): 3-38. Universidad de Oviedo
  • Dades actuals, situació i fotografies facilitades per membres de l'ERE – CEC (M. Romero i A. Beguerie) que el relocalitzen l'octubre de 2018.

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