Espluga del Codó

Walled rock shelter near Esplugafreda, in the Serra de Lleràs, opened in Oligocene conglomerates and commonly used as a sheepfold.

Tremp • Pallars Jussà 5m

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Espluga del Codó

Walled rock shelter near Esplugafreda, in the Serra de Lleràs, opened in Oligocene conglomerates and commonly used as a sheepfold.

Tremp · Pallars Jussà

Length: 5 m

Updated record

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Topographic map of the main entrance — Main entrance · ICGC topographic map

Walled rock shelter near Esplugafreda, in the Serra de Lleràs, opened in Oligocene conglomerates and commonly used as a sheepfold.

Characteristics

Type: Cave
Municipality: Tremp
Region: Pallars Jussà
Unit: Serra de Lleràs
Length: 5 meters
Depth: 0 meters
Major Unit: Prepirineu
Lithology: Conglomerate
Updated on EspeleoÍndex: November 14, 2019

Location

At the foot of a crag on the right-hand slope of barranc del Codó. Very close to the point where the track coming from Casa Rei crosses the aforementioned ravine.

On the left-hand side of the track that leads from Esplugafreda towards Tremp (the old Tremp path), about 300 metres past the Botet de Casa Rei.

Entrances

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Balma del Barranc del Codó
Elevation: 974 m
42.239046, 0.791148
UTM 31T (ETRS89) 317750 4678680
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Topographic

Espluga del Codó - Topography, Tremp, Pallars Jussà

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Espluga del Codó - Photo, Tremp, Pallars Jussà

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Description

Morphology

Rock shelter about 25 metres wide and about 5 metres deep, with heights ranging from 8 to 13 metres.

Other details

Walled rock shelter of little speleological interest.

Opened in Oligocene conglomerates.

Espluga commonly used as a sheepfold, with its well-preserved dry-stone walls.

History

Known since time immemorial.

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Bibliography

Les primeres dades han estat extretes del blog: cavitatsdecatalunya.blogspot (de Jordi de Valles), apunt del 28-8-2015. Dades: Enric Porcel (GE Badalona)
Dades complementàries, topografia i fotografies extretes del web: geb.cat (del Grup d'Espeleologia de Badalona). Apunt del 13-8-2019. Dades: Enric Porcel (GE Badalona)