Cova de la Pesseta

Petita cova d'interès arqueològic a Torrelles de Foix

Torrelles de Foix • Alt Penedès8m2m

EspeleoWorld

Cova de la Pesseta

Petita cova d'interès arqueològic a Torrelles de Foix

Torrelles de Foix · Alt Penedès

Length: 8 m · Depth: 2 m

Updated record

https://espeleoworld.com/en/c/cova-de-la-pesseta

Information can change. Always verify coordinates, access, weather, and cave conditions before setting out.

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

Small cave of archaeological interest in Torrelles de Foix, discovered and explored in the late 1970's by members of the Associació d'Estudis Científics i Culturals de Mediona.

Characteristics

Type: Cave
Municipality: Torrelles de Foix
Region: Alt Penedès
Unit: Alt Penedès, l'
Length: 8 meters
Depth: 2 meters
Major Unit: Serralada Prelitoral
Lithology: Limestone
Last review: 2020-02-22

Location

Access is from the BP-2121 road (Vilafranca del Penedès-La Llacuna). At km 20.37, shortly after passing the houses of les Llambardes, there is a turnoff to the left that by a track leads to the farmhouse of Can Soler de Secabecs. From here one must follow the camí de Llambardes to the coll de Cal General and continue in a SE direction skirting a cultivated field and then straight on towards the SE until reaching the upper part of the cliff that dominates the Foix valley. One can also go as far as finding the foradada (Abric-Túnel de Secabecs) which allows one to go to the other side of the cliff, where along a path that skirts it, one passes the Cova de Can Soler de Secabecs and continues on for a hundred metres. Difficult to locate due to the small dimensions of the entrance.

Entrances

Always verify coordinates and access conditions before setting out.

Cova de la Pesseta
Elevation: 607 m
41.433389, 1.552652
UTM 31T (ETRS89) 379075 4587880
Open in map Open in Google Maps

Download all entrances as GPX

Topographic

Cova de la Pesseta - Topography, Torrelles de Foix, Alt Penedès

View image

Click to enlarge

Espeleoindex · CC BY-NC 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ · Image © its author.

Image 1 of 1

Photos

Cova de la Pesseta - Photo, Torrelles de Foix, Alt Penedès

View image

Click to enlarge

Espeleoindex · CC BY-NC 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ · Image © its author.

Image 1 of 5

Description

Morphology

Outside, just in front of the entrance, there is a trench 5m long x 1m wide x 0.5 deep, which was surely made during the archaeological interventions. The cave entrance is at ground level and round in shape, about 40cm in diameter. It is a crawlway of 1.5m that, once passed, places us in a room of 5x3m, with a low ceiling where we can only stand upright just in the centre. From this chamber two very short passages emerge, on the right a short chimney and on the left, through a very narrow and slightly ascending passage, one reaches a small raised chamber.

History

As recorded in the Archaeological Heritage file (invarque.gencat), the cave was discovered and explored in the late 1970's by members of the Associació d'Estudis Científics i Culturals de Mediona. The materials collected so far are entirely similar and of the same chronology as those of the neighbouring Cova de Can Soler de Secabecs.

User Comments (0)

No comments yet.

Be the first to share your experience!

Registered Explorations (0)

No explorations registered yet.

Bibliography

Totes les dades, topografia i fotografies han estat extretes del web: espeleodijous.cat Apunt del 12-2-2020. Dades: Pere Cantons, Josep Pastor i Jordi Perera