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Cau dels Hereus

Cau dels Hereus

A pit about 8 metres deep in the Montgrí, long known to local people and explored by the SIE-CEA in the years 2006-2007.

Torroella de Montgrí • Baix Empordà 12m 8m

A pit about 8 metres deep in the Montgrí, long known to local people and explored by the SIE-CEA in the years 2006-2007.

Characteristics

Location

By the road from l'Estartit to l'Escala (vehicle traffic is prohibited in the summer months), on reaching the junction that leads to the Torre Ponça, the road turns right and is no longer paved; we continue towards l'Escala for 135 metres, to a new junction where the vehicle must be left. We must continue to the left for 75 metres, where we turn right onto a wide track that we follow for 1.03 metres; the cavity is about 20 metres from the track, aligned between the track and the barraca dels Hereus that can be seen in the background.

Map

Entrances

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  1. Hereus, Cau dels

    Elevation: 115 m

    42.072669, 3.178317
    UTM 31T (ETRS89) 514751 4657860
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Photos

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Description

Morphology

It opens at one end of a fissure; a 1.70-metre pit places us on a small ledge where someone has jammed an enormous block that blocks the way, but which could feasibly be cleared. It seems that the pit continued at a steep incline down to -8 metres.

Other details

No survey is available.

History

Long known to local people. It was explored by the SIE-CEA during the course of the campaign carried out in the Montgrí in the years 2006-2007.

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Bibliography

  1. Arbusé Bellapart, Narcís (2005).-El Montgrí pas a pas. 174 pp. Cossetània Edicions. Valls
  2. Valles, Jordi de (2010).-”Alt Empordà, Baix Empordà, Gironès, Osona, Pla de l'Estany, Selva”. Catàleg Espeleològic de Catalunya. (Vol.4):1-397. Espeleo Club de Gràcia / Federació Catalana d'Espeleologia.
  • Dades, coordenades i fotos aportades per Juli Serrano (SIE-CEA) i Francesc Rubinat (ERE-CEC)

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