Balma de les Baiones

A wide, shallow rock shelter at Pont de Vilomara, in the Bages, with a rectangular interior construction and slots in the outer wall.

Pont de Vilomara i Rocafort, El • Bages 4m

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A wide, shallow rock shelter at Pont de Vilomara, in the Bages, with a rectangular interior construction and slots in the outer wall.

Pont de Vilomara i Rocafort, El · Bages

Length: 4 m

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A wide, shallow rock shelter at Pont de Vilomara, in the Bages, with a rectangular interior construction and slots in the outer wall.

Characteristics

Type: Cave
Municipality: Pont de Vilomara i Rocafort, El
Region: Bages
Unit: Obac, Serra de l'
Length: 4 meters
Depth: 0 meters
Major Unit: Serralada Prelitoral
Lithology: Conglomerate
Updated on EspeleoÍndex: November 21, 2017

Location

From Pont de Vilomara take the BV-1224 road towards Rocafort. At km 5.15 we will find a track on our left that leads to the River Park development. Follow it to the end of Carrer de la Constitució, at the NE edge of the development. We will continue 250 metres further along a dirt track and here we will leave the car (just before a track that branches off to the left, in a steep descent). We will continue on foot on our left, heading N, skirting a cultivated field. After 170 metres, once the field ends, we will follow a path that soon turns 180º to reach a wider path that we will follow to the right. After covering 260 metres we will have to turn off to the left (X: 408978, Y: 4619821). We will have to descend off-path and continue in a W direction for about 70 metres, below the cliff, until we locate the rock shelter.

Entrances

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Balma de les Baiones
Elevation: 393 m
41.724867, 1.904513
UTM 31T (ETRS89) 408884 4619809
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Topographic

Balma de les Baiones - Topography, Pont de Vilomara i Rocafort, El, Bages

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Description

Morphology

It is a shallow rock shelter (maximum 4 m) with a width of 38 metres. Except for the outermost part, most of the rock shelter has a height of more than 2 metres. The central part is occupied by a rectangular construction of about 20 m2 (6.5 x 3 m) with a small window at ground level and the door located to the E. The entire floor of the rock shelter is covered by a layer of dust.

Other details

Outside the rock shelter, in the only place where there is a small flat space, we find some slots in the wall, which we suppose served to build a covered space with timbers.