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Balma del Molí

A 6-metre-long rock shelter in Montsec d'Ares, Sant Esteve de la Sarga, S of Moror, on the left wall of the torrent del Bosc.

Sant Esteve de la Sarga • Pallars Jussà 6m

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Balma del Molí

A 6-metre-long rock shelter in Montsec d'Ares, Sant Esteve de la Sarga, S of Moror, on the left wall of the torrent del Bosc.

Sant Esteve de la Sarga · Pallars Jussà

Length: 6 m

Updated record

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Main entrance reference 42.071790, 0.820762 UTM 31 · 319813 4660248
Topographic map of the main entrance
Main entrance · ICGC topographic map

A 6-metre-long rock shelter in Montsec d'Ares, Sant Esteve de la Sarga, S of Moror, on the left wall of the torrent del Bosc.

Characteristics

Location

To the S of Moror, on the left wall of the torrent del Bosc, about 550 metres to the NW of the cova del Molí and above the camí de la Rialera, shortly before crossing the torrent del Bosc, in the area known as Horts del Sastre. Very approximate coordinates.

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Entrances

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  1. Molí. Balma del

    Elevation: 711 m

    42.071790, 0.820762
    UTM 31T (ED 50) 319813 4660248
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Description

Morphology

An 8x6 metre entrance and 6 metres of passage.

Other details

Used to keep flocks of sheep.

History

Known and used since ancient times by the people of Moror, the ERE of the Centre Excursionista de Catalunya explored it on 8 January 1967.

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Bibliography

  1. Escolà i Boada, Oleguer (1970).- “Catálogo Espeleológico del Montsec”. Espeleòleg (11-12):453-541. ERE del CEC. Barcelona.
  2. Borràs,J.;Miñarro,JM.;Talavera,F.(1979).-”El Pallars Jussà”. Catàleg Espeleològic de Catalunya (Vol.3):1-211. Ed Políglota.Barcelona.

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