Pou del Dring

A 25-metre-deep pit in the serra d'Arçosa (la Baronia de Rialb), explored by the ERE of the CEC in 1969.

Baronia de Rialb, La • Noguera 67m 25m

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Pou del Dring

A 25-metre-deep pit in the serra d'Arçosa (la Baronia de Rialb), explored by the ERE of the CEC in 1969.

Baronia de Rialb, La · Noguera

Length: 67 m · Depth: 25 m

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A 25-metre-deep pit in the serra d'Arçosa (la Baronia de Rialb), explored by the ERE of the CEC in 1969.

Characteristics

Type: Pothole
Municipality: Baronia de Rialb, La
Region: Noguera
Unit: Baronia de Rialb, la
Length: 67 meters
Depth: 25 meters
Major Unit: Prepirineu
Lithology: Limestone
Updated on EspeleoÍndex: November 17, 2012

Location

The cavity opens on the N slope of the serra d'Arçosa, W of the puig de Sant Marc, and at the W end of a large, heavily wooded flat area, where it begins to descend following the slope of the mountain and before reaching a depression in the form of a large fissure (about 30 metres E of it and near its S end). It is located 30 metres from the avenc del Mort. Approximate coordinates, without much precision.

Entrances

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Pou del Dring
Elevation: 968 m
42.048249, 1.224492
UTM 31T (ED 50) 353159 4656862
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Topographic

Pou del Dring - Topography, Baronia de Rialb, La, Noguera

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Description

Morphology

The 3.5x1 metre entrance gives access to a 17-metre pit. At its base begins a descending gallery 2.4 metres wide that reaches -25 metres. At this point, among a chaos of blocks, communication opens by means of a climb, with an upper level 16 metres long and a maximum width of one metre. The cavity is structured along a single joint trending E10S.

Progression

History

Explored by the ERE of the CEC in 1969, who returned on 18 January 1970. The first explorers, unaware that the hole was already known in the area as Pou del Dring, gave it the name "Avenc de Pau Esteve", which was the name of the hunter who indicated the cavity to them. According to the latest information, the area where these cavities are found would be located in a private hunting preserve.

Bio

Collected on 18 January 1970: Speonomus vignasi Escolà 1 male specimen; 1 female specimen. Speophilus fonti Jeann. 280 specimens.

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Bibliography

Escolà i Boada, Oleguer (1970).- “El Pou del Dring (Baronia de Rialp, Alt Urgell)”. Cavernas (23):23-24. GEB. Badalona.
Gàzquez i Pons, Josep Lluís (1995).-”Catàleg Espeleològic de la Noguera”. Grallera (3-4):1-90.GELL-CE Lleida.
Romero Rectoret, Dolores.(1972).-”Avance de los trabajos espeleológicos efectuados en la zona de Oliana (Lérida)”. Comunicaciones del Primer Congreso Nacional de Espeleologia pp:131-134.Barcelona.