Abrics de Geguins
A group of four small rock shelters next to the cova de Geguins, on the right-hand slope of the barranc de Geguins, near Santa Linya.
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Abrics de Geguins
A group of four small rock shelters next to the cova de Geguins, on the right-hand slope of the barranc de Geguins, near Santa Linya.
Avellanes i Santa Linya, Les · Noguera
Length: 12 m · Depth: 2 m
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A group of four small rock shelters next to the cova de Geguins, on the right-hand slope of the barranc de Geguins, near Santa Linya.
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Description
Morphology
Abric I de Geguins: about 25 metres before reaching the cova de Geguins, the wall of the cliff forms a kind of shallow shelter where Abric I is found, along with others that are smaller; this one has a globular shape and is divided into two levels, with a smoke-blackened roof and signs of having been used by shepherds, its length is 4 metres.
Abric II de Geguins: from Abric I, following the cliff face in the direction of the track we find Abric II, it is the largest, it has a length of 12 ascending metres, with a constant width of about 2 metres, it had been used to shelter flocks.
Abrics III and IV de Geguins: following the cliff in the direction of the track about fifteen metres away we find abrics III and IV, these are small shallow shelters about a couple of metres deep.
History
The discovery of the cova de Geguins and the nearby Abrics, which as a whole are known as coves de Geguins, is the result of various visits made by different hiking groups throughout the decade of the seventies of the last century; it is curious that they were carried out independently of one another, but all of them involved the collection of ceramic fragments, which caused a significant removal of the materials and their partial dispersal. One of the first hikers was Josep Enric Gómez, who on one of his outings found the cavity and collected a large fragment, which he later gave to the then Archaeology Section of the Institut d’Estudis Ilerdencs (IEI). With the data provided by him, an outing was carried out on 11 April 1977 that led to the provisional naming of the cavity as “Cova de la Cabra” due to finding inside it a goat skull probably not very old.
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Bibliography
- Garcés Estallo, Ignasi; González Perez, Joan-Ramon; Rodríguez Duque, Josep Ignasi. (2005).-”El Jaciment de l'edad del ferro de la cova de Geguins (les Avellanes i Santa Linya, la Noguera)”. Revista d'Arqueologia de Ponent (15):201-234.
- Valles, Jordi de (2008).-”Alt Urgell, Noguera, Pla d'Urgell, Segarra, Solsonès, Urgell”. Catàleg Espeleològic de Catalunya (vol.2):1-384. ECG/FCE.
- Coordenades i dades aportades per J. Serrano (SIE-CEA) i F. Rubinat (ERE-CEC).
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