
Balma de Ca l'andaló
Llarga balma en gresos a Santa Maria de Merlès (Berguedà)
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Balma de Ca l'andaló
Llarga balma en gresos a Santa Maria de Merlès (Berguedà)
Santa Maria de Merlès · Berguedà
Length: 15 m · Depth: 2 m
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A 54-metre-wide, 4-metre-high shelter, 15 metres at its deepest, in sandstones at Santa Maria de Merlès (Berguedà).
Topographic
Espeleoindex · CC BY-NC 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ · Image © its author.
Photos
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Description
Morphology
A 54-metre-wide, 4-metre-high shelter, 15 metres at its deepest. We can distinguish two recesses that reach 15 metres in depth. To the N of this recess there is a large block 9 metres long by 2 wide, fallen from the ceiling, which on falling has been divided into several blocks that remain suspended above the ledge. About 7 metres to the N of the balma de Ca l'Andaló is the so-called small shelter, 12.5 metres long and around 1 metre high, largely occupied by a block fallen from the ceiling.
Progression
The S recess is accessed by an ascending 2-metre step that is easily overcome. The second recess, in the centre-north, is also accessed by a 2-metre step, but a more vertical one, which is climbed thanks to some stones placed strategically by human action to form a staircase.
Other details
The whole ceiling is blackened by smoke. The entire length of the shelter is closed off by a wire fence, entirely overrun by vegetation, and the ground is covered with animal excrement, since it was formerly used to keep livestock.
History
Known since time immemorial. Visited in November 2015 by members of the EC Gràcia who carry out the surveying and cataloguing work.
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Bibliography
- Totes les dades, topografia i fotografies han estat extretes del blog: cavitatsdecatalunya.blogspot (de Jordi de Valles). Apunt del 12-12-2015.
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