Escletxa dels Teixos
Espectacular esquerda a la paret dels Diables (Montserrat), al municipi de Marganell.
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Escletxa dels Teixos
Espectacular esquerda a la paret dels Diables (Montserrat), al municipi de Marganell.
Marganell · Bages
Length: 40 m · Depth: 20 m
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Spectacular fissure in the Paret dels Diables (Montserrat), in the municipality of Marganell, about 30 metres high by about 4 metres wide.
Topographic
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Description
Morphology
Spectacular fissure about 30 metres high by about 4 metres wide. From the base of the fissure a gallery begins in a steep ascending slope up to a rise about 5 metres high and occupied in large part by a stalagmitic flow. In the upper part, after a short and narrow gallery, one reaches a new flow that definitively closes the passage.
Speleothems
The rise about 5 metres high is occupied in large part by a stalagmitic flow. In the upper part, after a short and narrow gallery, one reaches a new flow that definitively closes the passage.
Progression
From the base of the fissure a gallery begins in a steep ascending slope up to a rise about 5 metres high. In the upper part, after a short and narrow gallery, one reaches a new flow that definitively closes the passage.
History
Cavity known since time immemorial. In the 50s, the sight of the fissure from the road began to arouse the curiosity of Pare Guiu Camps. Accompanied by a group of monks he explored it around the year 1957, not knowing any name for it and before the contemplation of the beautiful yew forest at its base, they named it escletxa dels Teixos.
Members of the GES – CMB explored and surveyed it in December 1975.
We have evidence that in the year 1961, other members of the GES explored a cavity that they named cova de la Paret dels Diables, and very possibly it is the same one as the escletxa dels Teixos.
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Bibliography
- Dades inèdites arxiu GES – CMB
- Ampliació de dades i fotografies extretes del blog: montserratendins.blogspot (de Robert Corell). Apunt de desembre 2022
- Galobart, Josep.- “L'escletxa dels Teixos”.
https://totmontserrat.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/escletxa-dels-teixos1.pdf
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