
Bauma del Forn
Cova de 21 metres de recorregut a Montmajor (Montagut i Oix).
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Bauma del Forn
Cova de 21 metres de recorregut a Montmajor (Montagut i Oix).
Montagut i Oix · Garrotxa
Length: 21 m · Depth: 7 m
Updated record
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A 21-metre-long cave in Montmajor (Montagut i Oix), at the back of a large rock shelter. A cavity undocumented speleologically, documented in March 2026 and renamed Bauma del Forn.
Topographic
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Description
Morphology
At the back of a large rock shelter a gallery opens ascending where immediately at the ceiling we find a chimney with no continuation about 7 metres high, the gallery continues ascending until reaching a step of almost two metres in height, at the top we find a small chamber where the cavity ends.
History
A cavity undocumented speleologically, surely known for a long time by the shepherds, since inside there was a cowbell hanging from the ceiling. In March 2026 Nil Hosta and Tanit Sanmartin locate and document it.
In April 2026, Albert Sancho, from Sant Joan les Fonts, a good connoisseur of the reliefs of the Garrotxa and the Ripollès, as well as being a collaborator of the colleague Ferran Cardona (ECMB) in the search for cavities throughout these areas, gets in contact with Tanit and Nil and lets them know that the cave that they have named (for lack of information) as Cova de l'Esquella, is in reality known by the people of the region as Bauma del Forn. Given this information we have proceeded to rename the cavity.
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Totes les dades, coordenades, topografia i fotografies han estat facilitades per Nil Hosta i Tanit Sanmartin. Març de 2026.
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