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Balma de les Moles

Balma de les Moles

A 6-metre-deep rock shelter in Tavertet, 22 metres wide and 4.50 metres high, with 8 half-finished stone millstones.

Tavertet • Osona 6m

A 6-metre-deep rock shelter in Tavertet, 22 metres wide and 4.50 metres high, with 8 half-finished stone millstones.

Characteristics

Location

Going along the BV-5207 road from l'Esquirol to Tavertet, at approximately kilometre 9.6, a track parallel to the road leads off to the left towards el Sunyer; after about 650 metres we reach Collsaplomera. At this point we find a private path sign and a power line passing overhead; we will turn left and follow a track in a southerly direction, as if retracing our steps but at a higher elevation. We will follow this track for 350 metres until we reach an electric fence; a few metres before, on the right, a path leads off that soon becomes a narrow trail; this runs parallel to the electric fence until reaching the foot of the cliff. We will follow the base of the cliff to the right in a northerly direction, where we will soon find the Balma de les Moles.

If we continue along the base of the cliff we will find a couple more rock shelters for which we have no documentation, although they are larger than the one at les Moles.

Map

Entrances

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  1. Balma de les Moles

    Elevation: 911 m

    41.998087, 2.404984
    UTM 31T (ETRS89) 450720 4649735
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Photos

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Description

Morphology

It is a rock shelter 22 metres wide by 6 metres deep and 4.50 metres high.

Other details

Inside we find up to 8 half-finished or roughly sketched stone millstones on the wall.

History

Although it seems to have been known and used in the past by the local people, the first known speleological reference to this cavity is from the exploration carried out by GE Mollet in 1980.

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Bibliography

  1. Borràs, J;Miñarro, JM; Talavera, F.(1982).-”el Baix Empordà, el Gironès, la Selva,l'Osona, el Vallès oriental i el Maresme.” Catàleg Espeleològic de Catalunya (vol.6):84-85. Ed Políglota. Barcelona.
  2. Valles, J. de )2010.-”Alt Empordà, Baix Empordà, Gironès, Osona, Pla de l'Estany, Selva” Catàleg Espeleològic de Catalunya (Vol.4):1-397. ECG/FCE.
  • Actualització de dades, coordenades i fotografies facilitades per Arcadia Cabanas i Francesc Rubinat (ERE-CEC) agost de 2022.

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