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Bora Gran d'en Carreres

Bora Gran d'en Carreres

Paleolithic site inside the Bora Gran d'en Carreres rock shelter, in Serinyà, opened in the early Quaternary conglomerates.

Serinyà • Pla de l'Estany 10m

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Bora Gran d'en Carreres

Paleolithic site inside the Bora Gran d'en Carreres rock shelter, in Serinyà, opened in the early Quaternary conglomerates.

Serinyà · Pla de l'Estany

Length: 10 m

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Main entrance reference 42.173317, 2.742873 UTM 31 · 478857 4669256
Topographic map of the main entrance
Main entrance · ICGC topographic map

Paleolithic site inside the Bora Gran d'en Carreres rock shelter, in Serinyà, opened in the early Quaternary conglomerates.

Characteristics

Location

Located in Serinyà. From the end of Carrer Nostra Senyora del Mont, where on the right-hand side there is a vehicle repair workshop, follow a path in the same direction as the street; soon you come to a path perpendicular to the trail, cross it and continue descending; the trail turns to the left and forks, and you follow the left-hand one, which after a short climb leads to the Bora Gran d'en Carreres.

Map

Entrances

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  1. Carreres, Bora Gran d'en

    Elevation: 184 m

    42.173317, 2.742873
    UTM 31T (ED 50) 478857 4669256
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Description

Morphology

The cave is opened in the early Quaternary conglomerates in Serinyà. When it still retained most of its deposits, the cavity was 16 metres wide by 10 deep and 3 metres high; today it measures considerably more.

Progression

Inside and in the upper part of the rock shelter, several climbing routes have been equipped.

Other details

Interesting Paleolithic site located inside this rock shelter.

History

Discovered in 1866 by Josep Catà. As early as 1871 Pere Alsius undertook excavations there. In 1881 Edouard Harlé carried out some short excavations there. In 1907 Josep Bosoms, drilling through a stalagmitic layer that Pere Alsius had left, began his work at the site. In 1930 Dr. Josep Mª Corominas began sieving the same deposits left by the first excavators, but with a fine mesh, collecting more than 17,000 microlithic flints. The last excavations were carried out in 1943-44, directed by Drs. Pericot and Maluquer.

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Bibliography

  1. Borràs, J;Miñarro, JM; Talavera, F.(1982).-”el Baix Empordà, el Gironès, la Selva,l'Osona, el Vallès oriental i el Maresme.” Catàleg Espeleològic de Catalunya (vol.6):84-85. Ed Políglota. Barcelona.
  2. Canal i Roquet, Josep; Soler i Masferrer, Narcís.(1976).-El Paleolític a les Comarques Gironines.

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