
Cau dels Ossos
Cavitat de 61 metres de recorregut al Montgrí.
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Cau dels Ossos
Cavitat de 61 metres de recorregut al Montgrí.
Torroella de Montgrí · Baix Empordà
Length: 61 m · Depth: 4 m
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A 61-metre-long cavity in the Montgrí, discovered on 7 October 1883 by Anselmo Roig i Passarius and his son Pere, who gave it the name cova dels cinc (Cinch in the original).
Topographic
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Description
Morphology
The access to the cavity is on a descending plane of 30º and direction SW, being intercepted first by a gallery that leads to another opening located to the SE of the previous one, and secondly by the main gallery, which is formed by five alignments (80º, 120º, 125º, 150º, 145º). It reaches vault heights of 2.3 and 4 metres at the SE end, going towards the opposite end (NE 80º) where the vault gradually descends until it becomes impracticable.
History
Discovered on 7 October 1883 by Anselmo Roig i Passarius and his son Pere, who saw five rabbits come out of the cave and gave it the name cova dels cinc (Cinch in the original).
Later archaeological excavations were carried out there, since human burials were found, hence its name cau dels Ossos.
In 1978 SIRE-Sants carried out the only known survey, naming it avenc del Pla del Vent nº 7.
It is currently quite frequented by followers of “Geocaching”.
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Bibliography
- Arbusé Bellapart, Narcís(2005).-El Montgrí pas a pas. 174 pp. Cossetània Edicions. Valls
- Font i Sagué, Norbert(1897).-”Catàlech Espeleologich de Catalunya. Continuació”. Butlletí del Centre Excursionista de Catalunya (25):79-84.CEC. Barcelona.
- Puig i Larraz, Gabriel(1896).-Cavernas i Simas de España. 1-440. Madrid.
- SIE-CEA.(2007).-Memòria Montgrí. SIE-CEA. Barcelona
- SIRE.-(1978).-”Notas sobre el Pla del Vent”. Boletin Informativo SIRE-Sants (3-4):35-63. SIRE-Sants. UEC. Barcelona.
- Valles, Jordi de (2010).- Catàleg Espeleològic de Catalunya. Volum 4. 397 pp. Espeleo Club de Gràcia / Federació Catalana d'Espeleologia. Barcelona.
- Gener de 2020, coordenades, dades i fotos facilitades per Juli Serrano (SIE-CEA) i Francesc Rubinat (ERE-CEC).
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