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Avenc dels Ermets de Passamonte

Avenc dels Ermets de Passamonte

A cavity 41 m deep and 115 m long in Prat de Comte, with a descending gallery and a decorated chamber.

Prat de Comte • Terra Alta 115m 41m

A cavity 41 m deep and 115 m long in Prat de Comte, with a descending gallery and a decorated chamber.

Caratteristiche

Località

From the C-12 road, once past Xerta, there is the turn-off towards Prat de Comte (T-333). A couple of kilometres before reaching this village (km 28.5) a track leaves to the left which must be followed. Past the Pla de la Refoia the track forks and the right-hand turn must be taken, in the direction of the Tossal d'Engrilló. One kilometre before its end, the track makes a marked hairpin bend and this is where the car must be left. A stone cairn marks the direction to follow, towards the barranc d'Engrilló, and within a few minutes the mouth of the pit is found, on the wall of a rocky bank and a few metres from a monumental tree, the Teix d'Engrilló.

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Ingressi

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  1. Avenc dels Ermets de Passamonte

    Quota: 996 m

    40.942924, 0.372810
    UTM 31T (ETRS89) 278848 4535745
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Descrizione

Morfologia

The mouth, open at the foot of a small natural bank, gives way to a descending gallery of small dimensions and 40º of inclination. After 36 metres it reaches the ceiling of a chamber. At the E end of the chamber, a new gallery emerges. At 23 metres the water falls down a small 5-metre shaft.

Concrezioni

The chamber is beautifully decorated with all kinds of lithogenic forms.

Idrologia

Through the new gallery at the E end of the chamber flows a small flow of water that is born from different drips located in the chamber. At 23 metres the water falls down a small 5-metre shaft feeding a pool at its base which overflows into a crawlway that sumps within a few metres.

Storia

We know of no previous reference to this cavity. During some ERE campaigns in Terra Alta they were informed by the parishioners of the bar of a whole series of cavities, this one turning out to be the most interesting. The first exploration and survey was carried out by members of the ERE – CEC on 22-2-1981.

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Bibliografia

  1. Inglès, A. (1986).- “Ports de Beseit: Catàleg espeleològic de Prat de Comte” Espeleòleg (37): 39-44, ERE – CEC, Barcelona
  • Fotografies “JNC” facilitades per Jordi Navarro (Centre Excursionista de Castellar del Vallès).
  • Fotografies 2020, dades de localització i revisió de coordenades extretes del web: espeleodijous.cat - Apunt del 26-11-2020

Fonte: Espeleoindex (espeleoindex.com), modificato. CC BY-NC 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/