Avenc Petit del Puig Pedregós

Small pit 6 m deep near the hermitage of Foix, in Torrelles de Foix.

Torrelles de Foix • Alt Penedès 7m 6m

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Small pit 6 m deep near the hermitage of Foix, in Torrelles de Foix.

Torrelles de Foix · Alt Penedès

Length: 7 m · Depth: 6 m

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Small pit 6 m deep near the hermitage of Foix, in Torrelles de Foix.

Characteristics

Type: Pothole
Municipality: Torrelles de Foix
Region: Alt Penedès
Unit: Alt Penedès, l'
Length: 7 meters
Depth: 6 meters
Major Unit: Serralada Prelitoral
Lithology: Limestone
Updated on EspeleoÍndex: May 6, 2017

Location

From km 4.2 of the BV-2122 road from Torrelles de Foix to Pontons, a track branches off to the right leading to the sanctuary of Foix. We will leave the car in the car park of the sanctuary, on the NW side of this esplanade and at the base of a small hill called el Pujolet or Puig Pedregós.

We will take a path, which we must leave after about fifty metres (we will find a pit marker), we will head left upwards, cross-country; on our right we will see an old dry-stone hut next to a small gully, we will cross this, here we will observe a couple of cavities among blocks, not catalogable, and at the top (left bank of the torrent) we will find the avenc del Rot. We will ascend the hill towards the SE, along a small path, and in a few minutes we will find the avenc petit del Puig Pedregós (P-2), on the left of the path.

Entrances

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Puig Pedregós, Avenc Petit del
Elevation: 674 m
41.412512, 1.559230
UTM 31T (ETRS89) 379586 4585553
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Topographic

Avenc Petit del Puig Pedregós - Topography, Torrelles de Foix, Alt Penedès

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Avenc Petit del Puig Pedregós - Photo, Torrelles de Foix, Alt Penedès

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Description

Morphology

We find a depression in the terrain where we can see a triangular entrance of about 0.7 metres; above it we find another access with a mouth of 1.7×0.8 metres.

Progression

We will enter through the triangular one and descend a r-1.6; at the base of this small shaft we see that the cavity continues in a steep slope, about 4 metres more with a height of about 0.4 metres, until it becomes filled with rocks.

History

First explored by the SIRE-UEC de Sants on 26 February 1989. Its first explorers named it Avenc Petit del Puig Pedregós. Revised by members of the GEB and CE Castellar in September 2016.

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Bibliography

Aymamí, G. (1989).- “ Contribució al coneixement espeleològic de l'Alt Penedès (13ª nota)”. Excursionisme (173): 374-377. Unió Excursionista de Catalunya. Barcelona

Actualització de dades, topografia i fotografies, extretes del web: geb.cat (del GE Badalona). Apunt del dia 5-12-2016: Els intrigants avencs del Pujolet (Torrelles de Foix, Alt Penedès)