Balma de la Font d'en Pere Costa
A rock shelter and spring in Santa Maria de Merlès (Berguedà), known since ancient times and hidden by the woods.
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Balma de la Font d'en Pere Costa
A rock shelter and spring in Santa Maria de Merlès (Berguedà), known since ancient times and hidden by the woods.
Santa Maria de Merlès · Berguedà
Length: 5 m
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A rock shelter and spring in Santa Maria de Merlès (Berguedà), known since ancient times and hidden by the woods.
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
The maximum dimensions of the rock shelter are 16 m wide, 5 deep and 3 high.
Speleothems
Seepage has given rise to incipient stalactites and has covered a column about two metres in diameter with mineralisation.
Progression
Here we will leave the vehicle and continue along the path that starts from the right of the house, PR C-44 (yellow and white marks) until we find the spring and the rock shelter.
History
Known since ancient times by the people of the area. For many years the spot was very hidden by the woods.
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Bibliography
- Totes les dades, topografia i fotografies han estat extretes del web: geb.cat (del Grup d'Espeleologia de Badalona). Apunt del 7-7-2016. Dades: Josep Cuenca i F. Xavier Samarra (GEB).
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