Font de l'Hort

A modest spring on Solanes hill, in Caldes de Montbui, with a single gallery and a small pool of water.

Caldes de Montbui • Vallès Oriental 9m

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Font de l'Hort

A modest spring on Solanes hill, in Caldes de Montbui, with a single gallery and a small pool of water.

Caldes de Montbui · Vallès Oriental

Length: 9 m

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

A modest spring on Solanes hill, in Caldes de Montbui, with a single gallery and a small pool of water.

Characteristics

Type: Cave
Municipality: Caldes de Montbui
Region: Vallès Oriental
Unit: Farell, el - Cingles de Gallifa
Length: 9 meters
Depth: 0 meters
Major Unit: Serralada Prelitoral
Lithology: Limestone
Updated on EspeleoÍndex: October 10, 2014

Location

On the western slope of Solanes hill, in Caldes de Montbui.

Along the BP-1241 road from Sant Feliu de Codines to Gallifa, a little before km. 15, an asphalted track branches off. Shortly after, it must be left and one continues, to the right, along the track leading to the Solanes farmhouse. About a hundred metres before reaching the aforementioned farmhouse, one must take, to the right, a descending track that leads to some vegetable plots, the place where this small cave is found.

Entrances

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Hort, Font de L'
Elevation: 553 m
41.684213, 2.141176
UTM 31T (ED 50) 428617 4615276
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Topographic

Font de l'Hort - Topography, Caldes de Montbui, Vallès Oriental

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Description

Morphology

Single gallery structured along the bedding plane. At the back there is a small pool of water.

Hydrology

A very local spring that fills an irrigation pond. The flow in spring is 5/6 litres/minute, dropping in summer to a small drip.

History

Located accidentally at the beginning of 2014 by members of the ERE–CEC while searching for the cova de Solanes. The farmer's wife informed them that it was called Font de l'Hort.

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