Cova d'en Garrot

Large rock shelter in the municipality of Tarragona, about 50 metres wide, 7 metres deep and 14 metres high, opened in calcarenites.

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Cova d'en Garrot

Large rock shelter in the municipality of Tarragona, about 50 metres wide, 7 metres deep and 14 metres high, opened in calcarenites.

Tarragona · Tarragonès

Length: 7 m

Updated record

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Topographic map of the main entrance — Main entrance · ICGC topographic map

Large rock shelter in the municipality of Tarragona, about 50 metres wide, 7 metres deep and 14 metres high, opened in calcarenites.

Characteristics

Type: Cave
Municipality: Tarragona
Region: Tarragonès
Unit: Baix Francolí
Length: 7 meters
Depth: 0 meters
Major Unit: Serralada Prelitoral
Lithology: Limestone
Updated on EspeleoÍndex: March 25, 2024

Location

At km 5 of the TP-2031 road we find the urbanització dels Hostalets. The urbanització must be crossed in a westerly direction as far as the last houses. Here we will leave the car to continue along a dirt track that will take us to the mas d'en Garrot; from here we will take a small path that runs along the bottom of a small valley, which will lead us to the foot of a cliff where the rock shelter is located.

Entrances

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Garrot, Cova d'en
Elevation: 109 m
41.157610, 1.261468
UTM 31T (ETRS89) 354132 4557710
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Topographic

Cova d'en Garrot - Topography, Tarragona, Tarragonès

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Cova d'en Garrot - Photo, Tarragona, Tarragonès

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Description

Morphology

It is a rock shelter about 50 metres wide by about 7 metres deep, with a very irregular layout, and a height of 14 metres, opened in calcarenites; it occupies almost the whole of the cliff at the bottom of the valley hollow.

History

The only reference I had of this cavity was a mention on the ICGC map; from this, the GE Badalona visited and documented it on 3 May 2015.

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Bibliography

Totes les dades han estat extretes del blog de Jordi de Valles (cavitatsdecatalunya.blogspot.com.es), post del dia 8-9-2015. Autors de la fitxa Josep Cuenca i Francesc X. Samarra (GE Badalona)