Avenc Petit de Sant Roc
Tiny pit just over 4 m deep in Begues, with two small entrances separated by a rock bridge.
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Avenc Petit de Sant Roc
Tiny pit just over 4 m deep in Begues, with two small entrances separated by a rock bridge.
Begues · Baix Llobregat
Length: 8 m · Depth: 5 m
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Tiny pit just over 4 m deep in Begues, with two small entrances separated by a rock bridge.
Topographic
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Description
Morphology
Tiny pit just over 4 m deep. Two small entrances separated by a rock bridge allow an easy descent without any equipment down to 4.5 metres, where the pit ends, choked by blocks. Located at the crossing of several joints between which the water of the temporary torrent has flowed and which have gradually widened until joining. The entrances are opened by epigean degradation.
Speleothems
Abundant reconstruction process.
Progression
Two small entrances separated by a rock bridge allow an easy descent without any equipment down to 4.5 metres, where the pit ends, choked by blocks.
History
First explored during the 1924 campaign by Rafael Amat i Carreras and his companions, after a second visit to the avenc de Sant Roc on 9 March 1924.
During the GES – CMB campaign in the serra de la Guàrdia (1950s) they find out that the pit is also known as del Tabac, alluding to having been used as a hiding place by tobacco smugglers.
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Bibliography
- Amat i Carreras, R. (1925).- “Sota el massís de Garraf. Campanya del 1924” Butlletí del Centre Excursionista de Catalunya 35 (363-364): 233-267. CEC. Barcelona.
- Borràs, J. (1974).- Catálogo espeleológico del macizo de Garraf. Vol. III . 207 pp. Barcelona.
- Martinez, A.; Romero, M. (1974).- “Sobre algunes cavitats de la serra de la Guàrdia (Garraf)”. Espeleòleg (20): 1077-1096. ERE – CEC. Barcelona.
- Montoriol, J. (1964).- “Estudio de las formas cársticas hipogeas desarrolladas en los bordes del Polje de Begues (Macizo de Garraf, Barcelona)” Speleon Tomo XV (1-4): 3-38. Universidad de Oviedo.
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