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Cau del Duc

Cau del Duc

Cave-shelter of Montgrí of archaeological interest, with a gallery of about 20 metres and excavated in 1922.

Torroella de Montgrí • Baix Empordà 20m 2m

Cave-shelter of Montgrí of archaeological interest, with a gallery of about 20 metres and excavated in 1922.

Characteristics

Location

On the SW slope of the hill of the castle of Montgrí, its mouth is clearly visible from Torroella de Montgrí. From the village one must take the path of Santa Caterina and when reaching the foot of the scree slope of the Pedrigolet, one must climb this up to the mouth.

An alternative itinerary starts from Ullà along the track that climbs to Santa Caterina; before arriving one must take a turn-off to the right that leads to the coll de Santa Caterina and from there follow the path that goes towards the castle of Montgrí.

Map

Entrances

Always verify coordinates and access conditions before setting out.

  1. Duc, Cau del

    Elevation: 258 m

    42.052047, 3.129995
    UTM 31T (ETRS89) 510757 4655563
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Photos

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Description

Morphology

Cave-shelter formed by a single slightly ascending gallery, about 20 metres in length, counting from the visor, and 7 to 9 metres in average width with a height of 8 metres.

The entire floor is formed by large limestone blocks embedded among clayey soils.

Speleothems

Beside the walls, the calcareous and stalagmitic concretions suggest beneath a subsoil rich in Palaeozoic materials.

History

Known since time immemorial. Cited in old catalogues (Puig y Larraz, 1896; Font, 1897; Faura, 1909).

The first archaeological excavations were carried out in 1922 by Lluís Pericot and Matias Pallarès.

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Bibliography

Arbusé, N. (2005).- El Montgrí pas a pas. 174 pp. Cossetània Edicions. Valls.



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):1-290 pp. Ed. Políglota. Barcelona.



Canal, Josep; Soler, Narcís (1976).- El paleolític de les comarques gironines. 190 pp. Servei Investigacions Arqueològiques Diputació de Girona - Associació Arqueològica de Girona - Centre d'Estudis Comarcals de Banyoles.



Pallarès, M.; Pericot, L. (1927).-'Pintures i gravats rupestres'. Anuari Institut d'Estudis Catalans (7): 3-64. Barcelona.



Pericot, L. (1939).-'Cuevas sepulcrales del Montgrí'. Ampurias (1): 113-137. Barcelona.



Valles, Jordi de (2010).-'Alt Empordà, Baix Empordà, Gironès, Osona, Pla de l'Estany i Selva'. Catàleg Espeleològic de Catalunya. Vol.4: 397 pp. Espeleo Club de Gràcia / Federació Catalana d'Espeleologia



Fotografies facilitades per Jordi Navarro i Montse Mañosa (Centre Excursionista de Castellar del Vallès). Març 2026

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