Espluga de Cordes
A 5-metre-deep rock shelter in Cambrils (Odèn), with an opening of about 60 metres, facing south and protected from the north wind.
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Espluga de Cordes
A 5-metre-deep rock shelter in Cambrils (Odèn), with an opening of about 60 metres, facing south and protected from the north wind.
Odèn · Solsonès
Length: 5 m
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A 5-metre-deep rock shelter in Cambrils (Odèn), with an opening of about 60 metres, facing south and protected from the north wind.
Topographic
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Description
Morphology
The rock shelter is 5 metres deep and about 60 metres wide at its opening. The walls are high and elongated, in the shape of a crescent moon. It faces south, very well protected from the north wind.
Speleothems
There are several lithogenic formations hanging down attached to the wall, like small pennants.
Hydrology
In the middle, when it rains, the water from the gully that has collected the rainwater leaps down.
Other details
It is still used today to pen livestock; a little apart there is the dry-stone hut with a wooden roof. In front of it there are small cultivated meadows that descend gradually in terraces, nowadays abandoned. There is still, parked, an animal-drawn cart and, in the middle of it all, there are several cherry trees, which in summer provide very pleasant shade.
History
The only reference data we have are those provided by Salvador Codina, who surveyed it in April 2010 and published it in 2014.
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Bibliography
- Codina, Salvador.(2014).-”Espluga de Cordes”. Corriol (178):14. CE Solsonès.
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