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Avencs Arrel-estret

Avencs Arrel-estret

Small pit 10 metres deep near Montblanc, explored by the GIEM in 1966.

Montblanc • Conca de Barberà 38m 10m

Small pit 10 metres deep near Montblanc, explored by the GIEM in 1966.

Characteristics

Location

Located at the end of Carrer de Josep M. Tosas in Montblanc, follow the camí de la Pasquala; at the end there is a water tank that is skirted on the left. A little further on, after passing some tanks located on the left of the path, it makes a bend and heads towards the S; continue uphill to a crossroads, where you leave the track that goes off to the left and continue straight on entering an open area of the forest where there is a square-shaped water tank. From the West side of the esplanade follow the track on the right, closed by a padlock; after about 800 metres, at the point where the track makes a bend to the right, on the left-hand side of the track there is a dry stone wall. A few metres before the wall and on the same side of the track there is a path that descends in the direction of the font de la Ginesta. Immediately there is a fissure that crosses the path and that must be jumped; a few metres further on you pass by the side of the avenc de la Figuera. The path descends a little and turns to the left; at this point there is the cova del Siroll on the left of the path. About two metres further on and on the same left-hand side of the path a small trail branches off that in a few metres leads to the mouth of the avenc de l'Arrel. Skirting the whole shaft, on the other side and about 10 metres away, there are some rocks on the right, at a slightly higher level, where the mouth of the avenc Estret is located.

Map

Entrances

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  1. Avenc de l' Arrel

    Elevation: 549 m

    41.361588, 1.147320
    UTM 31T (ETRS89) 345038 4580554
  2. Estret, Avenc

    Elevation: 551 m

    41.361587, 1.147261
    UTM 31T (ETRS89) 345033 4580554
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Photos

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Description

Morphology

The avenc de l'Arrel is formed by a mouth of 2 by 4 metres that gives access to a vertical drop of 5 metres, which is a hole in the ceiling of a gallery 17 metres long. At the end of the gallery there is a very narrow passage that communicates with a second chamber of the cavity, on a balcony located 3 metres above the base of a small room 7 metres long by 1.50 metres wide. Above the aforementioned balcony there is the chimney that connects this small room with another of similar dimensions, which communicates after a short ramp of nine with the exterior through the mouth of the avenc Estret.

Progression

The interior connection of both cavities is physically complicated due to the narrowness of the passage.

History

Explored by the young members (13-14 years old) of the GIEM de Montblanc during the year 1966, shortly after exploring the avenc de la Figuera. Published in the Catàleg Espeleològic de Catalunya (1978), only as avenc Estret, without making any reference to the avenc de l'Arrel, even though this has a mouth of notable dimensions.

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Bibliography

  1. Borràs, J.; Miñarro,JM.; Talavera, F. (1978).-”l'Alt Camp, la Conca de Barberà,el Baix Penedès i el Tarragonès”. Catàleg Espeleològic de Catalunya. (Vol. 2):246 pp. Ed. Poliglota. Barcelona.
  2. GIEM (1972).-”Cavidades topografiadas en la Serra de Prades y lista de las mayores cavidades” Comuni. II Simp. Metod. Espel. VI/1-12. Escuela Catalana de Espeleología-CRE.
  • Pallisé, J. (2017).- “En el record encara: Les primeres exploracions i descobertes del GIEM (La Ginesta i el Racó de l'Hospital)”. (en preparació per a la revista Podall del Centre d'Estudis de la Conca de Barberà)
  • Coordenades, situació, dades, i fotografies, facilitades per Francesc Rubinat (ERE-CEC), Juli Serrano i Floren Fadrique (SIE-CEA). 

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