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Forat del Coscoll

Forat del Coscoll

A 103-metre-deep pit in Camarasa, located in 1973, with a continuation found in 2005 that brings the current depth to -103 metres.

Camarasa • Noguera 195m 103m

A 103-metre-deep pit in Camarasa, located in 1973, with a continuation found in 2005 that brings the current depth to -103 metres.

Caratteristiche

Località

On the C-13 road, also known as the Doll road, heading towards Tremp, just a few metres after the coll de Fontllonga and on the left of the road, a track begins that initially heads south but soon takes a SW direction, passes under a high-voltage line and reaches another power line, which we must follow southwards until the track ends a few metres further on; we will continue under the power line to the next pylon, where the steep descent begins. At this point and on the right we find a cairn that marks the start of a half-lost path that runs more or less level towards the SW until reaching the start of a small cliff which we will follow along its base, we will pass some overhangs and a little further on the path passes between the two entrances, the upper one at the foot of the cliff is covered by scrub, while the lower one is in a depression reached by a short scramble down.

Mappa

Ingressi

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  1. Boca Superior

    Quota: 628 m

    41.945094, 0.857767
    UTM 31T (ETRS89) 322428 4645899
  2. Boca Inferior

    Quota: 615 m

    41.944920, 0.857826
    UTM 31T (ETRS89) 322432 4645880
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Descrizione

Morfologia

The upper entrance consists of three chambers of reduced dimensions, in the last of which the connection with the lower sector opens.

The new sector is formed by a pit 17 metres by 0.6 metres average width; at its base another pit of 19 metres opens with a width that ranges between 0.4 and 0.6 metres. At the base the last vertical drop of 16 metres of depth opens, with ramp sections. At the end, a small sub-horizontal section can be followed while the narrowness allows.

Progressione

Through the lower entrance, after a 4-metre drop one follows a fissure with a steep gradient and unstable floor to a widening; one must climb a step between blocks and descend on the other side to a second ramp full of dust that leads to the maximum depth reached in 1983.

A 10-metre climb places us in front of a narrowness that connects with the new sector.

Storia

Located in 1973 by members of the GELL who explored it, attributing to it a depth of 60 metres.

In 1982, following the writing of the speleology chapter of the book “El Montsec i muntanyes veïnes”, Josep M. Molgó and Josep LL. Gàzquez, after many attempts, relocated the cavity and carried out the survey that gives -61 metres.

It is not until 2005 that the GELL returns to the cavity and finds the continuation that brings the current depth to -103 metres.

In the gallery numerous remains of burials, hand-made pottery and flint remains were found. It is a collective burial cave dated to some moment of the Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age.

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Bibliografia

  1. GELL.(1984).- “Fitxer de cavitats”. Grallera. (1):52-53. GELL-CE Lleida.
  2. Gazquez i Pons, Josep Lluís. (1983).-”El Forat del Coscoll”. Circular del Centre Excursionista de Lleida (març).
  3. Gàzquez, Josep Lluís.(2006).-“Avenc del Coscoll”. Grallera (6):97-98. GELL-CE Lleida.
  4. Grinó Màrquez, Damià .- Memòria de la intervenció arqueològica d'urgència realitzada a la necrópolis de Palous (Camarasa, Lleida). Direcció General del Patrimoni Cultural.
  5. Rodriguez i Duque, Josep Ignasi (1982).-”La cueva sepulcral del Forat del Coscoll”. Ilerda XLIII (255-264).
  • Coordenades i fotografies extretes del blog (joanmontoya.blogspot.com) GEXXI Forat del Coscoll.

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