Pont de la Foradada

Gran balma oberta per la part superior (Vilabella, Alt Camp)

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Pont de la Foradada

Gran balma oberta per la part superior (Vilabella, Alt Camp)

Vilabella · Alt Camp

Length: 16 m · Depth: 8 m

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Large rock shelter open at the top in Vilabella, Alt Camp, 45 metres wide, 8 deep and 6 high, with a waterfall that has formed a column of tufa.

Characteristics

Type: Cave
Municipality: Vilabella
Region: Alt Camp
Unit: Bonastre,Massís de
Length: 16 meters
Depth: 8 meters
Major Unit: Serralada Prelitoral
Lithology: Sandstone
Last review: 2019-02-17

Location

We will set out from the village of Vilabella via the municipal sports area, towards the carrerada del Molinot; this track will take us to the mas d'en Gatell, very close to the bed of the river Gaià.

Here we will take a path on the left that leads us below the Roques Planes d'en Gatell; the path passes below a rocky escarpment with overhangs that will lead us to the balma del Pont de la Foradada.

Entrances

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Foradada, Pont de la
Elevation: 170 m
41.236814, 1.332987
UTM 31T (ETRS89) 360302 4566386
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Topographic

Pont de la Foradada - Topography, Vilabella, Alt Camp

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Photos

Pont de la Foradada - Photo, Vilabella, Alt Camp

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Description

Morphology

The rock shelter, very spectacular, has dimensions of 45 metres wide by 8 deep and a height of 6 metres.

From the upper opening, like a shaft, there is a drop of 8 metres of vertical fall of the waterfall.

Speleothems

Inside we find an opening through which a waterfall plunges, which has formed a column of tufa.

History

Known since remote times. Virella already mentions it in his collection of cavities (1979).

Visited by members of the GE Badalona on 16-6-2018 while carrying out the relevant cataloguing work.

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Bibliography

Totes les dades, topografia i fotografies han estat extretes del web: geb.cat (del Grup d'Espeleologia de Badalona). Apunt del 9-1-2019. Dades: J. Cuenca i X. Samarra (GEB).