Balma de la Carretera
A rock shelter worked by hand beside the road in Fonollosa, at kilometre 12.64 of the BV-3008, between cal Pi Pla and cal Pau.
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Balma de la Carretera
A rock shelter worked by hand beside the road in Fonollosa, at kilometre 12.64 of the BV-3008, between cal Pi Pla and cal Pau.
Fonollosa · Bages
Length: 5 m
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A rock shelter worked by hand beside the road in Fonollosa, at kilometre 12.64 of the BV-3008, between cal Pi Pla and cal Pau.
Topographic
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Description
Morphology
Rock shelter 30 metres wide, partly worked, it has about 17 metres of façade, by 5 metres deep, the height is approximately 2 metres on average. The usable surface area is about 65 square metres and it consists inside of four rooms. The cavity develops in marls, beneath a stratum of sandstones that serves as its roof.
History
Known since time immemorial.
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Bibliography
- Aymamí i Domingo, Gener.(2010).-”Breus notes sobre el trogloditisme a la comarca del Bages”. Dovella (104):5-15. Centre d'Estudis del Bages.
- Pallarès, J; Aymamí, G.(1996).-”Balma de la carretera (La Fonollosa-Bages)”. Excursionisme (247):186-187. UEC. Barcelona.
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