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Cova de Can Cotis

Cova de Can Cotis

Petita cova de 9 m. de recorregut, d'interès antropològic, a Rellinars (Vallès Occidental)

Rellinars • Vallès Occidental9m0

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Cova de Can Cotis

Petita cova de 9 m. de recorregut, d'interès antropològic, a Rellinars (Vallès Occidental)

Rellinars · Vallès Occidental

Length: 9 m

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Main entrance reference41.639086, 1.898440UTM 31 · 408257 4610292
Topographic map of the main entrance
Main entrance · ICGC topographic map

Small cave with a 9 m passage in Rellinars (Vallès Occidental), of anthropological interest, with two chiselled millstones in the floor.

Characteristics

Location

About 800 metres from the exit of Rellinars along the B-122 road towards Castellbell i el Vilar (shortly before km. 17), on the left, is the farmhouse of Can Cotis. The cave is located directly below the farmhouse and overlooks the Rellinars stream.

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  1. Rellinars, Cova de

    Elevation: 275 m

    41.639086, 1.898440
    UTM 31T (ETRS89) 408257 4610292
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Photos

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Description

Morphology

Small cavity about 9 metres deep, 6 wide and 4.5 high. These dimensions and the horseshoe-arch plan have been obtained artificially by chipping away the rock of the walls.

On one side there is a door and on the part facing the stream a stretch of wall.

Other details

The most remarkable feature of the cavity is the presence of two chiselled millstones in the floor of the cave.

The cave (according to the geological map) is excavated in a package of Eocene sandstones and marls.

At present the cavity is used as a storeroom.

History

Known since time immemorial. Used by man since remote times for different purposes. According to J. de la Vega, the presence of the two millstones (of different sizes) he does not believe were used to grind either oil or cereals and that, being hidden inside a cave, it could be related to the grinding of gunpowder, possibly during the Carlist wars, as also happened at the neighbouring farmhouse of les Cases.

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Bibliography

  1. Aymamí, Genar (2005).- “Breus notes sobre alguns molins rupestres de Catalunya”. EspeleoCat (3): 43-46. Federació Catalana d'Espeleologia. Barcelona.
  1. Vega, Josep de la (1997).- “La cova de Rellinars o de Can Cotís. Rellinars (Vallès Occidental)”. Excursionisme (257): 157-158. Unió Excursionista de Catalunya. Barcelona.
  • Fotografia boca extreta del blog: trailsantllorenc (de Lluís R. Hernández, de Matadepera)

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