Cova de la Jaia

A shelter known beside the road to the Margalef reservoir (Montsant), with a dry-stone and rammed-earth wall and a tunnel-like shape.

Margalef • Priorat 5m

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Cova de la Jaia

A shelter known beside the road to the Margalef reservoir (Montsant), with a dry-stone and rammed-earth wall and a tunnel-like shape.

Margalef · Priorat

Length: 5 m

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A shelter known beside the road to the Margalef reservoir (Montsant), with a dry-stone and rammed-earth wall and a tunnel-like shape.

Characteristics

Type: Cave
Municipality: Margalef
Region: Priorat
Unit: Montsant, el
Length: 5 meters
Depth: 0 meters
Major Unit: Serralada Prelitoral
Lithology: Conglomerate
Updated on EspeleoÍndex: June 4, 2021

Location

From Margalef we take the T-713 towards Ulldemolins. At km 8.2 the paved road that leads to the Margalef reservoir branches off. After travelling 750 m we pass the old Vilar mill, and after 450 m we see the Cova de la Jaia, which forces the road to make a slight detour. This is the first cave we come across; it stands about 3 m above the road.

Entrances

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Cova de la Jaia
Elevation: 410 m
41.297611, 0.776598
UTM 31T (ETRS89) 313846 4574180
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Topographic

Cova de la Jaia - Topography, Margalef, Priorat

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Cova de la Jaia - Photo, Margalef, Priorat

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Description

Morphology

It is a shelter about 30 m long by about 5 m wide, closed by a wall about 60 cm thick, built of dry stone in the lower part, on top of which rests well over 1 m of rammed-earth wall, finished at the very top by a few courses of stonework.

Since part of the wall that closed it on the W side has fallen, it can be entered from both sides, and because it has two openings it takes on a characteristic tunnel shape.

History

Known since time immemorial. Archaeological finds have been made with a chronology spanning from the end of the Upper Palaeolithic to the Neolithic.

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Bibliography

Aymamí i Domingo, Gener. (2006).-Coves Fortificades de Catalunya pp:1-35. UEC
Aymamí, G; Valles, J de; Ferreres, J. (2020).- "Coves de la Jaia, del Mas de n'Arques i la Covassa (Margalef)" La Portadora, Revista d'Estudis Socials i Humanístics del Priorat núm. (4):159-166.
Borràs, J.; Miñarro, JM.; Talavera, F. - (1984).- Catàleg espeleològic de Catalunya. Vol. 7: 283 pp. Ed. Políglota. Barcelona.

Totes les dades, topografia i fotografies han estat extretes del blog: cavitatsdecatalunya.blogspot (de Jordi de Valles). Apunt del 22-5-2021. Dades: G. Aymamí, J. Ferreres i J. de Valles (Espeleo Club Muntanyenc Barcelonès).