Forat de Quintana

Tiny 3 m deep pit in Tivissa, with a single 6 m gallery excavated in a SW-NE direction.

Tivissa • Ribera d'Ebre 7m 3m

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Forat de Quintana

Tiny 3 m deep pit in Tivissa, with a single 6 m gallery excavated in a SW-NE direction.

Tivissa · Ribera d'Ebre

Length: 7 m · Depth: 3 m

Updated record

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

Tiny 3 m deep pit in Tivissa, with a single 6 m gallery excavated in a SW-NE direction.

Characteristics

Type: Pothole
Municipality: Tivissa
Region: Ribera d'Ebre
Unit: Muntanyes de Vandellós - Tivissa
Length: 7 meters
Depth: 3 meters
Major Unit: Serralada Prelitoral
Lithology: Dolomite
Updated on EspeleoÍndex: February 17, 2019

Location

We do not know the exact location of the cavity. The original record says: “300 m S of Mas Pellisé, on the top of a small hill”. We have not been able to find out which farmhouse this is.

Prospecting in the area is very difficult due to the abundant vegetation covering the relief, and passage is only possible along the most usual paths. Furthermore, most farmhouses are abandoned and those that are preserved have largely been bought or rented by outsiders who do not know the territory.

The coordinates only indicate the area where we think the cavity should be found.

Entrances

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Quintana, Forat de
Elevation: 240 m
40.980223, 0.674336
UTM 31T (ETRS89) 304342 4539166
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Topographic

Forat de Quintana - Topography, Tivissa, Ribera d'Ebre

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Description

Morphology

A single 6 metre gallery excavated in a SW-NE direction descends with a certain slope until it ends above a 1 metre vertical drop, where the cavity ends.

History

According to old records of the GES – CMB, N. Llopis Lladó explored around 1934 or 1935 a series of cavities in this southern area of the municipality of Tivissa. Of all of them, only the one he called Avenc del Racó de Reboig (later catalogued as Avenc del Racó d'en Juny) has been located. The location of all these cavities is very imprecise and in some cases nonexistent. Most references speak of Mas Pellisé, but neither in the old cartography nor in the most modern do we find references to this farmhouse.

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Bibliography

Borràs, J.; Miñarro, JM.; Talavera, F. (1984).- Catàleg Espeleològic de Catalunya (el Baix Camp, el Priorat i la Ribera d'Ebre). Vol. 7: 283 pp. Editorial Políglota. Barcelona.