Cova de l'Olla de Ferro

Left-hand shaft about 8 m long in Querol (Alt Camp), on the left bank of the Torrent Roig, near Cal Requesens.

Querol • Alt Camp 8m 2m

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Left-hand shaft about 8 m long in Querol (Alt Camp), on the left bank of the Torrent Roig, near Cal Requesens.

Querol · Alt Camp

Length: 8 m · Depth: 2 m

Updated record

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

Left-hand shaft about 8 m long in Querol (Alt Camp), on the left bank of the Torrent Roig, near Cal Requesens.

Characteristics

Type: Cave
Municipality: Querol
Region: Alt Camp
Unit: Bloc del Gaià
Length: 8 meters
Depth: 2 meters
Major Unit: Serralada Prelitoral
Lithology: Limestone
Updated on EspeleoÍndex: July 17, 2013

Location

To the NE of the village of Querol, on the left bank of the Torrent Roig and not far from the old farmhouse of Cal Requesens, beside a rock monolith separated from the mountain.

Approximate coordinates of the area where it should be located, with no reliability whatsoever.

Entrances

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Cova de l' Olla de Ferro
Elevation: 620 m
41.423134, 1.409274
UTM 31T (ED 50) 367168 4587154
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Topographic

Cova de l'Olla de Ferro - Topography, Querol, Alt Camp

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Description

Morphology

Small gallery between blocks and about 6 metres long, at the end of which opens a small pit 2 metres deep.

The neighbouring cavities: Avenc de les Quatre Boques and Esquerda de l'Olla de Ferro, form part of the same fissure, but separated by an accumulation of blocks.

History

Located in the mid-1970s by X. Bellés, J. Comas and O. Escolà on a biospeleological outing.

The first data on this group of fissures appear in the Catàleg Espeleològic de Catalunya. Vol. 2 (Borràs, Miñarro, Talavera – 1978) provided by X. Bellés. This one, however, is not cited and on the contrary mention is made of an Avenc de l'Home Mort, which we do not know whether it is this same small cavity or not. For the moment we have no data. It is also very likely that this cave is the same one popularly known as cova del Requesens, this name coming from the nearby farmhouse, currently demolished.