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