Cova del Cingle dels òbits
Ancient fossilized spring with a 23 m route in the Òbits (Sant Llorenç del Munt), also known as the cova dels Ossos.
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Cova del Cingle dels òbits
Ancient fossilized spring with a 23 m route in the Òbits (Sant Llorenç del Munt), also known as the cova dels Ossos.
Matadepera · Vallès Occidental
Length: 23 m · Depth: 1 m
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Ancient fossilized spring with a 23 m route in the Òbits (Sant Llorenç del Munt), also known as the cova dels Ossos.
Topographic
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Description
Morphology
The entrance, open in the middle of the channel and not easy to access, has features of 2 m in height by 1 m in width, giving way to a single corridor of about 23 m in length, its height varying from a few centimeters to almost 8 m, its maximum width being 1.5 m.
Speleothems
Along its walls some parietal flowstone and other lithogenic forms can be observed.
Hydrology
Ancient spring structured on a main joint of NE-SW direction with different drainage phases as testified by the levels at different heights.
Other details
The floor is occupied by clastic materials and clayey sediments.
History
The cavity was explored for the first time in September 1912 by a team from the Centre Excursionista de Terrassa, led by Frederic Segués. They took advantage of a trip to the avenc del Daví to climb up to the access mouth, where they found a series of bones. For this reason, it is also known as the cova dels Ossos.
But we have a doubt, Faura i Sans in his Recull (1909) relates a Cova dels Ossos, in Sant Llorenç del Munt and indicates that prehistoric remains have been found. There has never been any further news.
Rediscovered and explored by members of the Espeleo Club Sabadell – UES in September 1973, who without knowing the antecedents renamed it Cova Grup, thinking it was an unpublished cavity. Thanks to them, however, we have concrete data and topography of the cavity. It was published under the name Cova Group.
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Bibliography
- García, F.; Alonso, A.; Comes, M. (1973).- “Una nova cova a Sant Llorenç del Munt. Cova Group”. Butlletí de la Unió Excursionista de Sabadell (21): 12-14. UES Sabadell.
- GES-CMB (1974).-Catálogo espeleológico de la provincia de Barcelona. Vol. 2 : 198 pp. Club Montañés Barcelonés /Diputación Provincial de Barcelona.
- Solà, Joan (1935).- Guia monogràfica de Sant Llorenç del Munt. 280 pp. Centre Excursionista de Terrassa.
- Valles, Jordi de (2011).- Catàleg Espeleològic de Catalunya. Vol. 5. 560 pp. Espeleo Club de Gràcia / Federació Catalana d'Espeleologia. Barcelona. (2016)
- Altres dades i fotografies extretes del blog: trailsantllorenc.blogspot (de Lluís R. Hernández, Matadepera).
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