Caves of Les Masies de Roda

The municipality of Masies de Roda, Les, in the comarca of Osona, has 5 catalogued cavities, all of them caves. Together they total a length of 76 m and reach a maximum depth of 8 m. All the known cavities have developed in sandstones.

Cova del Mas Salou is the longest cavity in the municipality, at 38 m, and also the deepest, at 8 m. It is a small network of connected fissures in the Guilleries, opened in a large, highly fissured block of sandstone, documented by GE Badalona in April 2022. Other cavities in the municipality are Cova de S'Avellana, at 12 m, a small cova penjada (hanging cave) on the crag in the Guilleries (Osona), near the ruins of the castle of s'Avellana, above the Sau reservoir, unpublished until April 2022; Balma del Camí de Santa Magdalena, at 11 m; Balma del Mas Salou, at 9 m, a large rock shelter with a spring at the foot of a crag, with a built deposit to collect the water; and Cova del Castell S'avellana, at 6 m, a small cave formed at the expense of an old spring.