Forat del Portell
Small pit with 20m of passage in the Motllats (Capafonts), located 140m north of the Forat de Pere Pòstol. Formerly known as Avenc BV-15 and identified with the Forat del Portell.
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Forat del Portell
Small pit with 20m of passage in the Motllats (Capafonts), located 140m north of the Forat de Pere Pòstol. Formerly known as Avenc BV-15 and identified with the Forat del Portell.
Capafonts · Baix Camp
Length: 20 m · Depth: 5 m
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Small pit with 20m of passage in the Motllats (Capafonts), located 140m north of the Forat de Pere Pòstol. Formerly known as Avenc BV-15 and identified with the Forat del Portell.
Topographic
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Description
Morphology
In a small depression, where the W lip is a small 3m rise, beneath which the entrance to the cavity opens in the form of a descending tight crawl.
Once past the entrance, a descending chamber of ample dimensions (some 10mx10m) opens up with some blocks on the floor, being closed on all sides.
Progression
A large block that covered the entrance seemed to have been placed there deliberately. On 18 September 2022, during a prospecting trip in the area, to check points marked with LIDAR cartography, Joan Carles Juderias and Josep Guarro located the entrance of a possible cavity, but a large block at the mouth prevented them from entering. Fifteen days later, on 2 October, they returned with Jordi Perera and managed to remove the block from the mouth and were able to access the cavity, which unfortunately ends after a few metres.
History
Certainly known for a long time by the former shepherds of the area.
Now (January 2023), we realise that in all probability it is the same cavity that around 1981-1982 members of the SIEP – CE Poblet (Barcelona) explored, calling it Avenc BV-15, and they published a very brief note in their bulletin (No. 14 – 1982) and shortly afterwards it was recorded in the Catàleg Espeleològic de Catalunya (No. 7 – 1984). Both by its situation and by its characteristics it coincides with the Forat del Portell. 40 years ago the large block that plugged the mouth was not there.
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Bibliography
- Borràs, J.; Miñarro, JM; Talavera, F.(1984).-”el Baix Camp, el Priorat i la Ribera d'Ebre”. Catàleg Espeleològic de Catalunya (vol.7):1-283. Ed Políglota. Barcelona.
- Talavera, F. (1982).-”Las cavidades del Barranc de la Pixera (Motllat-Baix Camp)”. Boletín Espeleológico SIEP (14):30-40. SIEP-CE Poblet. Barcelona.
- Coordenades, situació, dades, croquis i fotos facilitades per Jordi Perera, Joan Carles Juderias i Josep Guarro. Més informació al web: espeleodijous.cat (Apunt del 14-10-2022)
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