Cova del Bassot

A 40-metre-long cave in Capçanes, on the left slope of the Vall de Capçanes.

Capçanes • Priorat 40m 3m

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Cova del Bassot

A 40-metre-long cave in Capçanes, on the left slope of the Vall de Capçanes.

Capçanes · Priorat

Length: 40 m · Depth: 3 m

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

A 40-metre-long cave in Capçanes, on the left slope of the Vall de Capçanes.

Characteristics

Type: Cave
Municipality: Capçanes
Region: Priorat
Unit: Serra de Llaberia - Colldejou
Length: 40 meters
Depth: 3 meters
Major Unit: Serralada Prelitoral
Lithology: Limestone
Updated on EspeleoÍndex: February 22, 2013

Location

On the left slope of the Vall de Capçanes, about 5 metres above the streambed and below the camí de la Fou (PR-C 91), at the height of the old Mas de Margalef and beside the so-called Bassot Vell. Approximate coordinates.

Entrances

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Cova del Bassot
Elevation: 255 m
41.086467, 0.802091
UTM 31T (ED 50) 315482 4550887
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Topographic

Cova del Bassot - Topography, Capçanes, Priorat

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Description

Morphology

The triangular entrance, 4 by 2 metres, leads into a gallery that quickly widens to form a chamber 7 metres in diameter. From there its dimensions diminish along the entrance gallery until reaching a hole that connects with the upper part of a cylindrical concavity about 4 metres in diameter by 4 metres high.

Progression

The entrance gallery leads to a hole that connects with the upper part of a cylindrical concavity, followed by a descending gallery.

History

The only data we know about this cavity are those published by Vilaseca (1954) in an archaeological work on grooved pottery. On the Serra de Llaberia map by Editorial Piolet it appears georeferenced under the name Cova de la Lluïsa.

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Bibliography

Borràs, J.; Miñarro, JM.; Talavera, F. (1984).- Catàleg espeleològic de Catalunya. Vol. 7 (el Baix Camp, el Priorat i la Ribera d'Ebre. Políglota: 283 pp. Barcelona.