Balma de l'Isard
A 5 m deep shelter in Guixers (Solsonès), beneath the balmes de les Cabres de Vilacireres, with two chambers and the remains of an Isard skeleton.
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Balma de l'Isard
A 5 m deep shelter in Guixers (Solsonès), beneath the balmes de les Cabres de Vilacireres, with two chambers and the remains of an Isard skeleton.
Guixers · Solsonès
Length: 5 m
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A 5 m deep shelter in Guixers (Solsonès), beneath the balmes de les Cabres de Vilacireres, with two chambers and the remains of an Isard skeleton.
Topographic
Espeleoindex · CC BY-NC 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ · Image © its author.
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Description
Morphology
It is a large shelter about 20 m long by 5 m deep, divided into two chambers. The westernmost is the largest, twice the size of the other. The floor is full of pebbles and earth fallen from the walls and ceiling due to erosion. The easternmost chamber is half the size of the other and is the entrance because it is the most accessible to reach. The average height of the ceiling varies between 2 and 3 m. Below the shelter in a westerly direction, and beneath the cliff by which we climbed, there is a small shelter 3 x 4 m at its base by 1.5 m high.
Hydrology
Rainwater drips from the walls when it rains and comes down from the torrent of the cinglera de Cal Pelegrí.
Other details
The remains of the skeleton of an Isard can still be found, hence its name. We will also see swallow nests attached to the ceiling. It seems that human action has not intervened yet.
History
Known since time immemorial.
Bio
Remains of the skeleton of an Isard. Swallow nests attached to the ceiling.
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Bibliography
- Catalunya Subterrània. Blog de Jordi de Valles, post del 15 de novembre de 2014. “cavitatsdecatalunya.blogspot.com.es”. Dades arxiu Salvador Codina.
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