
Cova de Joan Pau
Large worked rock shelter with a 17-metre route in the Comiols area, Isona i Conca Dellà, with several inner chambers on the E side.
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Cova de Joan Pau
Large worked rock shelter with a 17-metre route in the Comiols area, Isona i Conca Dellà, with several inner chambers on the E side.
Isona i Conca Dellà · Pallars Jussà
Length: 17 m · Depth: 1 m
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Large worked rock shelter with a 17-metre route in the Comiols area, Isona i Conca Dellà, with several inner chambers on the E side.
Topographic
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Description
Morphology
It is a large worked rock shelter, with several chambers inside it located on the E side. It has a mouth-to-back route of 17.50 metres and an average height of 2.50 metres.
History
Cave used and known in the area since prehistoric times. The first speleological mention of the cavity was made by Manuel Cortés in the book “El Montsec i Muntanyes veïnes (1984)”.
Both the Institut Cartogràfic de Catalunya and the official gazetteer of toponymy of Catalonia cite this cavity under the name “cova de Montadó de Baix”, but they wrongly place it in the municipality of Vilanova de Meià and in the comarca of Noguera.
We also have evidence of a reference about this cave in which it is cited under the name “cova de Jaume Alpau”; we do not know where this designation comes from.
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Bibliography
- Cortés i Ribelles, Manuel.(1984).- El Montsec i Muntanyes Veïnes. Centre Excursionista de Lleida.
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