Cova de la Carrasca

Petita balma d'uns 7 m. de fons a Tivissa

Tivissa • Ribera d'Ebre7m0

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Cova de la Carrasca

Petita balma d'uns 7 m. de fons a Tivissa

Tivissa · Ribera d'Ebre

Length: 7 m

Updated record

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Small rock shelter about 7 m deep in Tivissa, known as Cova de la Carrasca.

Characteristics

Type: Cave
Municipality: Tivissa
Region: Ribera d'Ebre
Unit: Muntanyes de Vandellós - Tivissa
Length: 7 meters
Depth: 0 meters
Major Unit: Serralada Prelitoral
Lithology: Dolomite
Last review: 2019-02-16

Location

We do not know the exact location of the cavity. The original record says: “Al Mas Pellisé”. We have not been able to find out which farmhouse this is.

Prospecting in the area is very difficult due to the abundant vegetation covering the terrain, and passage is only possible along the most usual paths. In addition, most farmhouses are abandoned, and those that are preserved have largely been bought or rented by outsiders who do not know the territory.

The coordinates only indicate the area where the cavity should be found.

Entrances

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Cova de la Carrasca
Elevation: 140 m
40.971807, 0.661500
UTM 31T (ETRS89) 303237 4538261
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Description

Morphology

Small rock shelter 7 x 7 metres. On the wall there is a hole that Llopis considers to be the old bed of a spring. The floor is made up of dried clay.

Speleothems

With some concretions.

Other details

In the CEDC (1984) it is cited as Cova del Coscoll; we now recover the original name: Cova de la Carrasca, which appears in Llopis's record.

No survey is known.

History

According to old records of the GES – CMB, N. Llopis Lladó explored around 1934 or 1935 a series of pits in this southern part of the municipality of Tivissa. Of all of them, only the one he called Avenc del Racó de Reboig (later catalogued as Avenc del Racó d'en Juny) has been located. The location of all these pits is very imprecise and in some cases nonexistent. Most references speak of Mas Pellisé, but neither in old nor in the most modern cartography do we find references to this farmhouse.

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Bibliography

Borràs, J.; Miñarro, JM.; Talavera, F. (1984).- Catàleg Espeleològic de Catalunya (el Baix Camp, el Priorat i la Ribera d'Ebre). Vol. 7: 283 pp. Editorial Políglota. Barcelona.