Balma de Cal Cavallol
A 12-metre-deep shelter in the Canalda wall (Odèn), about a hundred metres wide, with a spring and several structures.
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Balma de Cal Cavallol
A 12-metre-deep shelter in the Canalda wall (Odèn), about a hundred metres wide, with a spring and several structures.
Odèn · Solsonès
Length: 12 m
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A 12-metre-deep shelter in the Canalda wall (Odèn), about a hundred metres wide, with a spring and several structures.
Topographic
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Description
Morphology
It is a shelter about a hundred metres wide. The deepest part is 12 metres.
Hydrology
There is a spring.
Other details
There are several structures. The date 1819 is carved on the lintel of the entrance door and at the mouth of the oven.
History
Known since time immemorial, it was explored by the EDES in the summer of 1963.
In the past it was known by the name of Cal Llop, later it was called Cal Cavallol and more recently it is also known as Ca la Rita, who was the last resident of the house, until in the eighties, when she was already very old, she was more than eighty, she went to live with her family in Solsona. She died in 1994 at the age of 98.
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Bibliography
- Borràs,J; Miñarro,J.M; Talavera,F.(1980).-”l'Urgell, el Solsonès, la Segarra i el Berguedà”. Catàleg Espeleològic de Catalunya (vol 5):1-233. Ed. Políglota. Barcelona.
- Coordenades, fotos i situació aportades per la web “Engarrista” (www.engarrista.com) de Marc Solé post del dia 25 de desembre de 2011.” Ferrada Puig Arnau, coves dels Moros i paret de Canalda”.
- Fotografia de na Rita Montada i Llena extreta del blog (lamemoriadelsolsones.blogspot.com.es/2008/05/la-roca-de-canalda-o-cova-de-la-rita.html)
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