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Cova de l'Encantat

A 63-metre-long cave in Sant Privat d'en Bas, explored by Jaume Puigmal in 1974.

Vall d'en Bas, La • Garrotxa 63m 6m

A 63-metre-long cave in Sant Privat d'en Bas, explored by Jaume Puigmal in 1974.

Characteristics

Location

It is located to the SW of Sant Privat d'en Bas, below Plaça Falguera, and on the left slope of the torrent de Can Turó. Via the les Olletes forest track, we can approach as far as Can Turó. Approximate coordinates without much precision.

Map

Entrances

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  1. Cova de l' Encantat

    Elevation: 900 m

    42.137253, 2.398903
    UTM 31T (ETRS89) 450325 4665190
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Description

Morphology

The small entrance mouth gives way to a descending gallery with a floor covered in blocks. At 10 metres of passage, the ceiling rises and the gallery gains width due to the confluence of three small lateral galleries with the main one; continuing along this, it narrows until reaching a passage of narrow section, finding on the other side a small chamber which is also reached by a short gallery parallel to the main one. In this last stretch, the floor has gained horizontality, but descends again a few metres further on, to lead out into the final part of the cave, formed by a small adjacent gallery that takes an ascending direction towards the entrance, but which remains choked by blocks within a few metres of passage.

History

The only known data are those of the exploration carried out by Jaume Puigmal in 1974.

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Bibliography

  1. Borrás, J.; Miñarro, J.M.; Talavera, F.(1980).-”el ripollès, la garrotxai l'alt empordà”. Catàleg Espeleològic de Catalunya (vol.4):242-243. Edit. Políglota. Barcelona.

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