Grallera de les Costes de Peguera

A 12-metre-deep pit in Fígols, with a single shaft of 11 metres of vertical drop and a floor occupied by a small cone of rubble and chough guano.

Fígols • Berguedà 15m 12m

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A 12-metre-deep pit in Fígols, with a single shaft of 11 metres of vertical drop and a floor occupied by a small cone of rubble and chough guano.

Fígols · Berguedà

Length: 15 m · Depth: 12 m

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

A 12-metre-deep pit in Fígols, with a single shaft of 11 metres of vertical drop and a floor occupied by a small cone of rubble and chough guano.

Characteristics

Type: Pothole
Municipality: Fígols
Region: Berguedà
Unit: Peguera - Ensija
Length: 15 meters
Depth: 12 meters
Major Unit: Prepirineu
Lithology: Limestone
Updated on EspeleoÍndex: May 18, 2015

Location

We will follow the BV-4025 road from Fígols to Fumanya; once past the Creu de Fumanya, we will ignore all the turnings to the left, in order to turn off to the right along the path from Fumanya to the Font del Pi. Almost at the end of a steep slope of the track and beside an electricity pylon, there is a gully that climbs up the S slope of the serra d'Ensija; it must be followed up until a rocky outcrop is found on the right, where the cavity is located. Near it there are some signposts for the refugi d'Ensija. Approximate coordinates with little precision.

Entrances

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Costes de Peguera, Grallera de les
Elevation: 840 m
42.169895, 1.762844
UTM 31T (ETRS89) 397813 4669380
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Topographic

Grallera de les Costes de Peguera - Topography, Fígols, Berguedà

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Description

Morphology

Through a small entrance, irregular in shape, it is possible to enter the single shaft of the cavity of 11 metres of vertical drop; its floor is occupied by a small cone of rubble and small quantities of chough guano.

History

Faura i Sans, in his Recull (1909) mentions the Bòfia de les Costes de Peguera without giving any further data.

In July 1980, members of the SIE - CEA find, near the Grallera de Catllarí, a shepherd who indicates to them, from a distance, the area he knows as Costes de Peguera and indeed there is a grallera. With the indications received they are able to locate it in September of the same year and a few weeks later they proceed to its first exploration.

We will never know whether it is the same cavity referenced by Faura, but we think the probabilities are quite high.

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Bibliography

Borrás,J.; Miñarro,JM;Talavera,F.(1980).-”l'urgell, el soslonès, la segarra i el berguedà”. Catàleg Espeleològic de Catalunya (vol 5):73-75. ed. Políglota. Barcelona.