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Cova de Plugaoscura

Cova de Plugaoscura

Cova de 9 metres de recorregut al municipi de Josa i Tuixén.

Josa i Tuixén • Alt Urgell9m0

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Cova de Plugaoscura

Cova de 9 metres de recorregut al municipi de Josa i Tuixén.

Josa i Tuixén · Alt Urgell

Length: 9 m

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Main entrance reference42.248203, 1.602028UTM 31 · 384766 4678484
Topographic map of the main entrance
Main entrance · ICGC topographic map

A 9-metre-long cave in the municipality of Josa i Tuixén, long known as a medieval site 800/1150.

Characteristics

Location

On the C-563 road from Tuixent to Josa del Cadí, at kilometre 4.1, we find the cavity between the road and the bed of the riu de Josa. Approximate coordinates.

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Entrances

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  1. Plugaoscura, Cova de

    Elevation: 1256 m

    42.248203, 1.602028
    UTM 31T (ED 50) 384766 4678484
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Description

Morphology

The cavity is of considerable size, 20 metres wide by 8 metres deep and 3 metres high in the outer part. The completely flat floor is covered with sediments, most of them from the riu de Josa itself.

History

Known since ancient times, as it is a medieval site 800/1150. The SIES d'Esplugues surveyed it in August 1995. It is more than likely that this cavity is the cova de Tuixent, already cited by Puig y Larraz in 1896, and later by Font i Sagué and Faura i Sans. They describe it as a cova gran i espaiosa near the path from Josa to Tuixent, characteristics quite similar to those of this cave.

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Bibliography

  1. Borràs, J.; Miñarro,JM.; Talavera, F. (1978).-”l'Alt Urgell i la Cerdanya” Catàleg Espeleològic de Catalunya. (Vol. 1):166 pp. Ed. Poliglota. Barcelona.
  2. Font i Sagué, N. (1897).-”Catàlech Espeleològich de Catalunya”. Butlletí del CEC (35):311-323. Centre Excursionista de Catalunya.
  3. Puig y Larraz, Gabriel.(1986).-Cavernas y Simas de España pp:1-446. Est. Tip. de la Viuda é hijos de M. Tello.
  4. Valles, Jordi de.(2009).-(Alt Urgell, Noguera, Pla d'Urgell, Segarra, Solsonès, Urgell). Catàleg Espeleològic de Catalunya (2):85. EC Gràcia – FCE.

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