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Cau del Tossal Gros

Cau del Tossal Gros

Avenc de 7 metres de fondària a l'Estartit (Torroella de Montgrí).

Torroella de Montgrí • Baix Empordà25m7m

A 7-metre-deep pit in l'Estartit (Torroella de Montgrí), with a chamber 16 metres long.

Characteristics

Location

Driving along the GI-641 road from Torroella de Montgrí to l'Estartit, at kilometre 3.5 we find a roundabout; you must exit on the N side (left) and go to the first crossroads, which we follow to the right; at the end of this we continue to the left along the avenue dels Països Baixos; further on we turn left along the avenue d'Anglaterra and at the end of this we continue to the right along the carrer de Suïssa; shortly after, on the left, we find a dead-end street from which a path leads off, from which we can take one of the trails heading E, which climb up to the Tossal Gros. The cavity is located 35 metres W of the Tossal Gros.

Mapa

Entrances

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  1. Tossal Gros, Cau del

    Elevation: 156 m

    42.057128, 3.176212
    UTM 31T (ETRS89) 514580 4656134
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Photos

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Description

Morphology

It has an entrance 0.7 metres by 2.8 metres high, which communicates directly with a chamber 16 metres long and 7 metres deep with a couple of small crawls at the sides. Formerly there was a passable entrance at the W end, which today is obstructed by blocks.

History

Known since time immemorial, in prehistoric times it was used as a burial cave and with this intention the entrance was modified to make it more monumental. The first archaeological excavation was carried out in 1923, by Lluís Pericot.

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Bibliography

  1. Arbusé i Bellapart, Narcís.(2005).-El Montgrí pas a pas. pp:174 Cossetània edicions. Valls.
  2. Pericot, Lluís (1939).-”Cuevas sepulcrales del Montgrí”. Ampúrias (1):113-137.
  3. Valles, Jordi de.(2010).-”Alt Empordà, Baix Empordà, Gironès, Osona, Pla de l'Estany, Selva”. Catàleg Espeleològic de Catalunya (vol.4):191. ECG/FCE.
  • Coordenades i fotos extretes de Wikiloc, autor Capita Haddodk, post del dia 8-4-2015, ruta 2ªintegral del Bisbe ajagut del Montgrí Ullà-Carroig-Rocamaura-Castell.

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