Forat i Balma Màrtira
Small rock shelter and adjacent hollow near Gaià (Bages), with a triangular hole and interior galleries, formerly used as a refuge or dwelling.
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Forat i Balma Màrtira
Small rock shelter and adjacent hollow near Gaià (Bages), with a triangular hole and interior galleries, formerly used as a refuge or dwelling.
Gaià · Bages
Sviluppo: 20 m
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Small rock shelter and adjacent hollow near Gaià (Bages), with a triangular hole and interior galleries, formerly used as a refuge or dwelling.
Topografia
Espeleoindex · CC BY-NC 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ · Immagine © del suo autore.
Foto
Espeleoindex · CC BY-NC 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ · Immagine © del suo autore.
Descrizione
Morfologia
The rock shelter, 9 m wide by 3.5 deep and 1.5 m high, is located in an area with very dense vegetation, beside a cliff, not very high, but with a rocky mass of rather large dimensions.
Several of the rocks of the shelter's roof have broken and fallen in such a way that they have formed a triangular hole, with interior galleries that have dimensions of 20 m of passage in various branches and a maximum height of 3.80 m.
Idrologia
In wet periods, a torrent flows down near the Forat, making a waterfall over the cliff, and it is the cause of the murmur that can be heard.
Storia
This natural cavity has been used as a refuge or, perhaps, as a dwelling, probably since ancient times. It is known that in more recent times, during the years of the Civil War of 1936, it served as a hiding place for various fugitives. The name Forat Màrtira refers to a tradition or legend about a woman who was known by this name and who supposedly lived in this refuge with her children. It was said that if you approached the hole you could hear the woman washing clothes. This oral tradition seems a simplified version of the most typical legends known about water women or enchantresses. (Note by Ramon M. Vila Casals in Mapes de Patrimoni Cultural de la Diputació de Barcelona)
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Bibliografia
- Totes les dades, topografia i fotografies han estat extretes del web: geb.cat (del Grup d'Espeleologia de Badalona). Apunt del 29-5-2023. Dades: Josep Cuenca i Xavier Samarra (GEB)
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Fonte: Espeleoindex (espeleoindex.com), modificato. CC BY-NC 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/