Cova del Buldó

Cova sepulcral de 123 m. de recorregut a les Muntanyes de Prades

Montblanc • Conca de Barberà123m0

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Cova del Buldó

Cova sepulcral de 123 m. de recorregut a les Muntanyes de Prades

Montblanc · Conca de Barberà

Length: 123 m

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A burial cave with 123 m of passage in the Muntanyes de Prades, with an entrance hall used as a livestock pen and parallel galleries.

Characteristics

Type: Cave
Municipality: Montblanc
Region: Conca de Barberà
Unit: Muntanyes de Prades
Length: 123 meters
Depth: 0 meters
Major Unit: Serralada Prelitoral
Lithology: Limestone
Last review: 2016-06-07

Location

At km. 11 of the TV-7044 road (from la Riba to Farena), a track begins that leads to the hamlet of la Bartra. From here one must take a turnoff onto a track that heads SW and ends at the Mas del Rat. Halfway along, on the right, the mouth of the cave can be seen in the cliff.

Entrances

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Cova del Buldó
Elevation: 825 m
41.322502, 1.093516
UTM 31T (ETRS89) 340442 4576312
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Topographic

Cova del Buldó - Topography, Montblanc, Conca de Barberà

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Description

Morphology

The entrance hall is 10 metres wide by 18 deep, having been used as a livestock pen, with part of the dry-stone walls still preserved. At the NW end we find the continuation of the cavity, a gallery that continues in a SE-NW direction which, after a passage of some 28 metres, connects at different points with another entrance hall that connects with the outside, of similar characteristics to the entrance one. Below it, a group of galleries and chambers develops in parallel with a general shift towards the N. The surveys do not reflect the cave's vertical drop.

History

The first report of this cavity was provided by S. Vilaseca and J. Iglésies who, accompanied by Manuel Mata, of Reus, explored it in 1927. They immediately began archaeological excavations, finding, among other material, a series of human skeletons. We have no further reports until members of the GIEM (Montblanc) visited and surveyed it towards the end of the 1960's.

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Bibliography

Borràs, J.; Miñarro,JM.; Talavera, F. (1978).- Catàleg Espeleològic de Catalunya. Vol. 2 (l'Alt Camp, la Conca de Barberà,el Baix Penedès i el Tarragonès):246 pp. Ed. Poliglota. Barcelona.

Iglésies, Josep (1927).- “Catalogació de coves i avencs de la vall del riu Brugent”. Revista del Centre de Lectura de Reus (3ª època) (173): 212-226

Vilaseca, S.; Iglésies, J. (1929).- “Exploració prehistòrica de l'alta conca del riu Brugent. La cova del Buldó” Revista del Centre de Lectura de Reus (10)