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Cova d'en Benet

A 56 m long cave at the Roques d'en Benet, in Horta de Sant Joan, with a wide 17 x 10 metre entrance and a 35 metre gallery.

Horta de Sant Joan • Terra Alta 56m 21m

A 56 m long cave at the Roques d'en Benet, in Horta de Sant Joan, with a wide 17 x 10 metre entrance and a 35 metre gallery.

Characteristics

Location

Leaving Horta de Sant Joan you must take the track that leads to the recreational area of the mas de la Franqueta. On reaching the height of the Roques d'en Benet you must turn left onto another track called de les Eres, which continues in a southerly direction along the whole western slope of these characteristic rocks. The cave entrance is visible from the track and lies at the foot of the imposing walls of the Roques d'en Benet.

Approximate coordinates and location, of low precision.

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Entrances

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  1. Benet, Cova d'en

    Elevation: 810 m

    40.898958, 0.325976
    UTM 31T (ED 50) 274849 4531186
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Description

Morphology

A wide 17 x 10 metre entrance, half closed by a dry stone wall, which gives access to a gallery 35 metres long. Almost at the back is the intersection of a perpendicular gallery. To the left it soon becomes impenetrable, but to the right, once a 2 metre upward step has been passed, you enter a conduit on an upward slope (of up to 40º) with the floor covered in blocks. The whole gallery is quite narrow, with some sections with blocks wedged between the two walls. In the final section it ends in a small chamber at + 21 metres above the entrance level.

The whole cavity develops along an inclined bedding joint between the Oligocene conglomerates, which have at their base a package of Jurassic limestones.

History

Although the cave must have been known forever and perhaps under another name, the only reference we have is the data given by the members of the SIRE – UEC Sants who explored and surveyed it in April 1980.

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Bibliography

SIRE-UEC Sants (1981).- “Contribución al catálogo espeleológico de Tarragona – Horta de Sant Joan, Terra Alta” Boletín de Informacion SIRE (6): 62-79 (3ª época). SIRE – Unió Excursionista de Catalunya – Sants. Barcelona.

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