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Cova-avenc d'en Daniel

Cova-avenc d'en Daniel

Cavitat amb dues boques d'accés de 31 metres de fondària a Capafonts

Capafonts • Baix Camp156m31m

A cavity with two access mouths, 31 metres deep, in Capafonts, with an archaeological deposit and a history of exploration since 1964.

Characteristics

Location

Located in the village of Capafonts, we will go to find a cemented track at the entrance to the village coming from the Mont-ral road, which, well signposted, indicates the font de la Llúdriga; at this point we find a first chain that prohibits the passage of vehicles. After 200 metres we will cross the barranc del Ribatell, to continue approximately some 700 metres where we find a second padlocked chain; following the signposts they will lead us on a 10' walk (another 700 metres approximately) to the shady spot of the Font de la Llúdriga, located on the left of the direction of travel. The Font de la Llúdriga is an emblematic place, a spring that gushes from the ground, and the theoretical source of the river Brugent.

Then we will cross the river and go uphill, slightly diagonally to the left through the thick boxwood, until we find a small gully, following it always upwards until it begins to become more vertical; then we will turn off to the left, levelling out, to a rocky spur where we will find the Forat del Vent Glaçat; we will climb the rock in front of the mouth and head to the base of the wall of the crag; on the right there is a channel, and climbing it a few metres we will reach the mouth of the cova d'en Daniel. Once again at the wall of the crag, if we go to the left we will soon find a fissure that enters the crag; this leads us to another fissure perpendicular to the previous one; we must follow to the left, where a rise of some 2 metres must be overcome; once at the top and a few metres further on we will find the entrance of the avenc d'en Daniel.

Mapa

Entrances

Always verify coordinates and access conditions before setting out.

  1. Daniel, Avenc d'en

    Elevation: 839 m

    41.287516, 1.040889
    UTM 31T (ETRS89) 335949 4572525
  2. Daniel, Cova d'en

    Elevation: 826 m

    41.287290, 1.040866
    UTM 31T (ETRS89) 335947 4572500
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Photos

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Description

Morphology

From the mouth of the pit one accesses a fissure 4.24 metres deep; the sloping base leads us to a wider fissure perpendicular to the previous one; a vertical drop of some -10 metres places us on a large block that forms a kind of platform in the middle of the fissure; one can continue descending by either of its ends by means of a new vertical drop of -9 metres; along the base one can continue in a N direction, until it ends up becoming impracticable due to its narrowness; on the S side one can continue until finding some blocks that bar the way; on the right we find a gallery that ends immediately; if we climb the blocks that bar the way, we will pass under a large block that is the chamber where the archaeological deposit was found. From this point, if we follow the fissure in a S direction, we will be able to descend to the point of maximum depth of the cavity, -31 metres. If we position ourselves in the chamber, which is nothing other than a large embedded block of 4.30X2.28 metres and little more than one metre in height at some point; here we will find a passage in the form of a ledge above the void of the fissure that will give us access to a conduit between blocks that in a few metres will lead us to the mouth of the cova d'en Daniel.

History

According to Salvador Vilaseca, the pit was found by a shepherd from Capafonts, en Daniel Fort, and the first exploration was carried out in the month of March 1964 by a group of speleologists from the parish of Sant Joan Batista and from the AEC, as well as from the AE Gelera de Barcelona. What does not add up for us is that Vilaseca's article appears published in 1963, one year before the date he gives for the exploration. It could be that the magazine was published later but keeping the planned publication date, although we do not know this detail. Likewise we have found a graffiti at the bottom of the cavity belonging to the AE Reus, which possibly also took part in the exploration.

The mouth of the cave was found later, since it was considered that the ceramics found inside could not have been introduced through the pit, so they looked for the exit from the inside, coming out through the mouth of the cave.

In a corner of the mouth of the cave, half-erased, a graffiti is preserved with the name avenc del Vent Glaçat; it is evident that the painter made a mistake, as did the colleagues of the SIEP in 1982 when they catalogued the Forat del Vent Glaçat as Avenc d'en Daniel.

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Bibliography

  1. Borràs, J.; Miñarro,J.M.; Talavera, F. (1984).-”el baix camp, el priorat i la ribera d'ebre”. Catàleg Espeleològic de Catalunya (vol.7):54-55. Ed Políglota.
  2. Talavera, Ferran (1982).-”Las cavidades del barranc de la Pixera (Motllat-Baix Camp)”. Boletín Espeleológico SIEP (14):30-41. SIEP – CE Poblet.
  1. Vilaseca Anguera, Salvador. (1963).-”Dos nuevas cuevas del Bronce medio y final del macizo de Prades”. Ampuries (XXV):105-136.
  • Coordenades, dades i fotografies facilitades per Albert Peixet de Capafonts, Juli Serrano (SIE-CEA) i Francesc Rubinat (ERE-CEC).
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