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Cova de la Vall Comancerdà

Cova de la Vall Comancerdà

Balma obrada a la Granadella

Granadella, La • Garrigues6m0

A rock shelter in La Granadella, 6 metres deep by 18 metres wide, with a dry-stone wall and a water tank.

Characteristics

Location

On the C-233 road from La Granadella to Soleràs, once past the chapel of Sant Antoni, at kilometre 24.1 and alongside the Sant Antoni pool, we follow the track on the right, which is the camí de les Figueres; at 250 metres we find a fork where we continue to the right; after covering 1780 metres and level with the Aran pool we follow the track on the right, and at 2145 metres we turn off onto the track on the left, which we follow until 2910 metres; here we continue straight ahead, ignoring the tracks on the right; after 170 metres, just past the Comancerdà valley, we leave the car and continue 220 in a NW direction along the edge of the sown field until we reach the rock shelter.

Mapa

Entrances

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  1. Cova de la Vall Comancerdà

    Elevation: 490 m

    41.370297, 0.690668
    UTM 31T (ETRS89) 306866 4582438
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Description

Morphology

Rock shelter 6 metres deep by 18 metres wide, closed by a partially collapsed dry-stone wall.

Hydrology

In order to build a water tank 5 metres on each side and a couple of metres deep, it constitutes a good example of water use in a region where it is scarce.

History

Known and used since ancient times.

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Bibliography

  1. Aymamí, Gener; Valles, Jordi de; Ferreres, Jaume; et altres (2022).-Les Coves de la Granadella, les Garrigues. 1-145. Ajuntament de la Granadella.

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