Forat del Barranc de les Mosses

Small pit 11 m deep in Begues, with an entrance 5 x 2 m, shafts of just over 5 m and 9 m, and a gallery sloping toward the SW.

Begues • Baix Llobregat 20m 11m

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Small pit 11 m deep in Begues, with an entrance 5 x 2 m, shafts of just over 5 m and 9 m, and a gallery sloping toward the SW.

Begues · Baix Llobregat

Length: 20 m · Depth: 11 m

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Small pit 11 m deep in Begues, with an entrance 5 x 2 m, shafts of just over 5 m and 9 m, and a gallery sloping toward the SW.

Characteristics

Type: Pothole
Municipality: Begues
Region: Baix Llobregat
Unit: Garraf, el
Length: 20 meters
Depth: 11 meters
Major Unit: Serralada Litoral
Lithology: Limestone
Updated on EspeleoÍndex: November 17, 2012

Location

To the S of can Jaques a torrent gully begins that descends in a SE direction and another more diffuse one. Shortly before their junction, between the two, is the entrance of the pit. About 60 metres to the ESE the ruins of can Bença can still be recognized.

To get there one must leave can Jaques by the path that goes to the pla de les Solius (SE direction). The path descends between thorny plants and at 130 metres we reach a col (70 metres before arriving at a cistern with a croc). From the col itself go in a SW direction about 100 metres to the entrance, which is normally full of ivy.

(Coordinates and location revised by Lluís Muntan, GES-CMB)

Entrances

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Barranc de les Mosses, Forat D
Elevation: 363 m
41.306620, 1.863850
UTM 31T (ED 50) 404986 4573623
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Topographic

Forat del Barranc de les Mosses - Topography, Begues, Baix Llobregat

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Description

Morphology

Entrance of notable dimensions (5 x 2 m) that communicates with a shaft of just over 5 metres that maintains the proportions of the entrance. At its base, toward the SE, a window communicates with a shaft of 9 metres with the walls lined by flowstone and at its bottom is the point of maximum depth of the pit.

Speleothems

The 9-metre shaft has its walls lined by flowstone. The sloping gallery ends in a small step filled with stalactitic columns fallen from the ceiling.

Progression

From the base of the entrance shaft, in a SW direction, a sloping gallery originates and ends in a small step filled with stalactitic columns fallen from the ceiling.

History

The first speleological mention is the one given by Rafael Amat i Carreras who explored it on 7 August 1924.

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Bibliography

Amat i Carreras, R. (1925).- “Sota el massís de Garraf. Campanya de l'any 1924” Butlletí del Centre Excursionista de Catalunya 35 (363-364): 233-267. CEC. Barcelona.
Borràs, J. (1974).- Catálogo espeleológico del macizo de Garraf. Vol. III . 207 pp. Barcelona.