Caves of Marganell

Marganell, a municipality in the Bages, has 17 inventoried cavities: 13 caves and 4 pits. The group totals 348 m of passage and reaches a maximum depth of 25 m. The dominant lithology is conglomerate, present in 16 of the cavities, while sandstones appear in 1.

Among the cavities most notable for their length are the Cova de Sant Jeroni (48 m), the Coves de Santa Cecília (47 m), the Escletxa dels Teixos (40 m), the Pou de Can Martorell (30 m) and the Escletxa Capeta-foradada (29 m). As for depth, the Cova de Sant Jeroni reaches 25 m, followed by the Escletxa dels Teixos (20 m), the Escletxa Escorpí-gallaret (17 m), the Escletxa Capeta-foradada (15 m) and the Pou de la Canal del Moro (15 m).

Many of these cavities are located in Montserrat, such as the Escletxa dels Teixos, in the Paret dels Diables, or the Escletxa Capeta-foradada, near la Foradada. The Pou de Can Martorell, 12 m deep, includes a shaft of about 10 m that at its base begins a gallery of 14 m.