
Cort Fosca de Villaret
A 72-metre-long cave in Tavertet that crosses an inclined rock face on two levels.
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Cort Fosca de Villaret
A 72-metre-long cave in Tavertet that crosses an inclined rock face on two levels.
Tavertet · Osona
Length: 72 m · Depth: 16 m
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A 72-metre-long cave in Tavertet that crosses an inclined rock face on two levels.
Topographic
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Description
Morphology
Curious cavity that crosses an inclined rock face on two different levels. The main entrance, very wide, gives way to a gallery with a very steeply inclined right-hand wall. Climbing up this for about 3 metres, one reaches a gallery that emerges outside on the other side of the rock face. Right here, a new gallery begins in a steep ascending ramp that runs almost parallel to the previous gallery, but at a higher level. After overcoming a step, we reach a flat gallery with a low ceiling, open to the outside through the ceiling (the half gallery), until it ends at the upper entrance, not far from the main entrance in plan, although 19 metres above it. There are other entrances that connect with the outside, although impenetrable.
History
Known in the area since time immemorial.
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Bibliography
- Sevilla, Rafael.(2004).-”Balmes amagades del terme de Tavertet II”. Els Cingles de Collsacabra (52):24-27.
- Valles, J. de.(2010).-”Alt Empordà, Baix Empordà, Gironès, Osona, Pla de l'Estany, Selva”. Catàleg Espeleològic de Catalunya (vol.4):66. EC Gràcia / FCE. Barcelona.
- Coordenades, situació i fotografies facilitades per Juli Serrano (SIE-CEA) i Francesc Rubinat (ERE-CEC).
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