Cova del Diable

Cave near la Fou de Sant Martí de Tous, in l'Anoia, known since time immemorial and present in local legends.

Sant Martí de Tous • Anoia 28m

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Cova del Diable

Cave near la Fou de Sant Martí de Tous, in l'Anoia, known since time immemorial and present in local legends.

Sant Martí de Tous · Anoia

Length: 28 m

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

Cave near la Fou de Sant Martí de Tous, in l'Anoia, known since time immemorial and present in local legends.

Characteristics

Type: Cave
Municipality: Sant Martí de Tous
Region: Anoia
Unit: Anoia, l'
Length: 28 meters
Depth: 0 meters
Major Unit: Serralada Prelitoral
Lithology: Limestone
Updated on EspeleoÍndex: July 3, 2016

Location

From the village of Sant Martí de Tous we will continue along carrer de la Fou to the edge of the village, cross the bridge over the riera de Tous, continue, always, along the main track heading SW, pass several turn-offs, pass the tower of l’Aubereda, here we will take a fork to the right continuing until where the track crosses the ravine, here we will leave the car, continue along a narrow path that will bring us to a viewpoint where the saltant de la Fou can be seen.

From here a small path descends to the bottom of the torrent where we will come across the balmes de la Fou and the cova del Diable.

Entrances

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Cova del Diable
Elevation: 454 m
41.544886, 1.528383
UTM 31T (ETRS89) 377258 4600293
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Topographic

Cova del Diable - Topography, Sant Martí de Tous, Anoia

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Description

Morphology

The cave mouth has maximum measurements of 30 metres in width by 6 metres in depth and 7 metres in height. At the N end we find some small galleries, crawlways, of approximately 1 metre in height by 1 metre in width and a length of 28 metres that end in a widening of 5 metres in width.

Progression

We will descend along the path until reaching the torrent bed, cross it and the first cave we will find will be the cova del Diable.

History

Known since time immemorial and very present in local legends.

Despite this it had never been present in speleological catalogues, although it is mentioned in some hiking guides.

In November 1997 it is visited by Xavier Badiella (SIS – CET) who makes a survey of it. Through ignorance, he incorrectly names it Cova de la Fou.

Finally, members of the GE Badalona visit it in January 2016 and carry out the corresponding cataloguing work.

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Bibliography

Totes les dades, topografia GEB i fotografies han estat extretes del web del Grup d'Espeleologia de Badalona: geb.cat (Apunt del 16-3-2016). Autors: J. Cuenca i F. X. Samarra (GEB)