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Cova de la Punta de la Vall del Pastor

Cova de la Punta de la Vall del Pastor

Small ascending cave in the Vall del Pastor (el Port), undocumented speleologically until November 2020.

Roquetes • Baix Ebre 25m 12m

Small ascending cave in the Vall del Pastor (el Port), undocumented speleologically until November 2020.

Characteristics

Location

On the right slope of the barranc de la Vall del Pastor. It can be accessed via the track of the Vall del Pastor up to its end. From there a path heads S and from where the cave mouth can already be seen. The final ascent section must be done cross-country amid the vegetation.

Map

Entrances

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  1. Cova de la Punta de la Vall del Pastor

    Elevation: 395 m

    40.814960, 0.393740
    UTM 31T (ETRS89) 280186 4521485
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Photos

Cova de la Punta de la Vall del Pastor - Photo, Roquetes, Baix EbreView image
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Description

Morphology

A large mouth, about 8 m high by 8 m wide, gives way to a large hall with a sloping floor and a steep gradient of rock and loose stone, which will force us to scramble to reach its inner part. With a drop of about 7 m we will reach the final part of the hall by scrambling, where an exposed climb requiring technical equipment is necessary. The approximate maximum inner elevation of the cave is about 12 m.

Progression

The final ascent section must be done cross-country amid the vegetation. With a drop of about 7 m we will reach the final part of the hall by scrambling, where an exposed climb requiring technical equipment is necessary.

Other details

There are remains of campfires and livestock pens with poles. Near the cave there are other small rock shelters where there are some remains of broken pottery that indicate that they possibly collected water filtered from the rock walls. No survey is available.

History

Cave undocumented speleologically and of which there was no reference until the visit of Joan Ramírez (CE Dinàmics, la Ràpita) in November 2020. At some time it was used to keep the livestock of the farmhouses of the Vall del Pastor and later it was forgotten just like those farmhouses and farmland.

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Bibliography

  • Totes les dades i fotografies han estat extretes de Wikiloc: Cova de la Punta de la Vall del Pastor (28-11-2020) de Joan Ramírez. Inclou ruta des de l'aparcament de la Vall de la Caramella.

Source: Espeleoindex (espeleoindex.com), modified. CC BY-NC 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/