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Cova del Frare

Cova de 10 metres de recorregut a Tivissa

Tivissa • Ribera d'Ebre13m0

A cave with 10 metres of passage in Tivissa, known in the area since time immemorial and explored and surveyed in 1982.

Characteristics

Location

Difficult to access, since the track that leaves Tivissa and follows the camí de la Llena, shortly before reaching the mas de la Devesa, we find that the path is closed by a padlock, as well as signs prohibiting passage, both for vehicles and for people.

From behind the mas de la Devesa, a path sets out that crosses a streambed and heads towards the mas d'en Benito. From this farmhouse one must climb, crossing fields and old terraces, to the serra Segrentana, which runs perpendicular to the serra de la Creu. The cavity is found on the right-hand slope of the range, in the place known as Racó del Frare, just opposite the Balma del Frare, which is found on the left-hand slope of the valley.

Approximate coordinates based on a cartography from the year 1952 at a scale of 1:50,000 without much reliability.

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Entrances

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  1. Cova del Frare

    Elevation: 553 m

    41.006577, 0.737737
    UTM 31T (ETRS89) 309752 4541952
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Description

Morphology

A cave with 10 metres of passage in Tivissa.

At the entrance of the cave we find a dry-stone wall; the mouth is divided in two by a stone column.

History

Known in the area since time immemorial, it was explored and surveyed in 1982 by members of the GERP de Sant Just Desvern and the SIRE-Cornellà.

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Bibliography

  1. Borràs, J.; Miñarro, J.M.; Talavera, F.(1984).-”el baix camp, el priorat i la ribera d'ebre”. Catàleg Espeleològic de Catalunya (vol.7):275-276. Ed. Políglota. Barcelona.
  2. Ruiz, F.(1966).-”Espeleólogos en Tivissa”. Senderos (96):214-216. UEC.
  • GERP – SIRE (1982).-Memòria d'activitats “Contribució a la confecció del Catàleg Espeleològic del terme municipal de Tivissa”.

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