la Tuta
Cova de 83 metres de recorregut a Castellar de n'Hug
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la Tuta
Cova de 83 metres de recorregut a Castellar de n'Hug
Castellar de n'Hug · Berguedà
Length: 83 m · Depth: 11 m
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An 83-metre-long cave in Castellar de n'Hug, known since time immemorial and explored and surveyed on 19 July 1959 by the GIE.
Topographic
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Description
Morphology
A large mouth opens the cavity and gives way to a broad vestibule lit from outside, terraced and adapted as a shelter for livestock. Sections 5 to 6 metres wide are common here with some domes 6 to 9 metres high, which disappears some 24 metres from the entrance, after passing a small barrier of stones made by the shepherds themselves. From this point the descending ramp begins, while the width decreases to one metre, the height increases to 12 metres. The ramp ends in the largest chamber of the cavity, produced by the intersection of various joints, which produce small transverse galleries with notable clastic processes. Despite the various and varied surveys known of this cavity, there is no consensus when it comes to establishing the real dimensions of the cavity. Thus we find that the length ranges from the 60 metres attributed to it by the GELERA, to the 110 metres of the GIE, and as regards the elevation change the range of figures goes from -6 to -13 metres. The revision of the traverse carried out by the EspeleoÍndex team gives 83 metres of length and -11 metres of depth.
History
Known since time immemorial. The first mention we know of is due to the description made by Artur Osona of two excursions made to the sources of the Llobregat, the first on 24 to 27 March 1882, on this excursion he is accompanied by Ramon Arabía and Gabriel Miró (bulletin Associació d'Excursions Catalanes no. 46-47) and the other he carries out between 7 and 10 April 1882, on which he is accompanied by C.A. Torras and Carles Gràcia (L'Excursionista no. 42; Associació Catalanista d'Excursions Científiques) and where in both publications he gives exactly the same brief review of la Tuta, although it seems he does so more from references than as if he had visited it. He writes that the cave was a refuge of the Christians from the attack of the Saracens and that the word tuta comes from Latin (to guard, refuge,...).
This first mention is collected in the old catalogues (Puig y Larraz, Font i Sagué, Faura i Sans).
There is no further news until 19 July 1959 it is fully explored and surveyed by members of the GIE of the Club Excursionista de Gràcia. It seems that before, however, it had been visited (around 1950) by Francesc Español for biospeleological purposes.
Bio
Coleoptera
- Speonomus delarouzeei (Español)
- Troglophyes cenarroi
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Bibliography
- Borràs, J.; Miñarro, JM.; Talavera, F. (1980).-”l'Urgel, el Solsonès, la Segarra i el Berguedà”. Catàleg espeleològic de Catalunya. (Vol. 5): 1-234. Políglota. Barcelona.
- Osona, Arthur.(1882).-”Excursió particular a Ripoll, Montgrony, Fonts del Llobregat, Bagà y Berga, los dies 7 a 10 de abril 1882” L'Excursionista (42):39-46. Associació Catalanista d'Excursions Científicas.
- Osona, Arthur.(1882).-”Excursió col·lectiva a Ripoll, al Montgrony y a las Fonts del Llobregat.” Butlletí de la Associació d'Excursions Catalanas (46-47):138-146.
- Porta, F. (1959).- “La Tuta”. Cordada (51):14.
- Robert, A. (1977).-”La Tuta: una vella però desconeguda cavitat”. Mai Enrera (137):23-24. CE Gràcia.
- Tolrà, A.(1981).-”Contribución espeleológica para el conocimiento de cavidades del Alt Berguedà”. Boletín espeleológico SIEP (13):3-32. SIEP-CE Poblet. Barcelona.
- Torra,A.(1979).-”Contribució a l'estudi de la zona càrstica de les fonts del Llobregat (Barcelona)”. Butll. Divul. Espel. (0):23-33. ERE-AE Catalunya.
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