Cova del Peiró

Small cave with a 19 m passage in Mont-roig del Camp, opened in foothill materials and scree cones, with a 10 m wide entrance subdivided into 4 openings.

Mont-roig del Camp • Baix Camp 19m 2m

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Cova del Peiró

Small cave with a 19 m passage in Mont-roig del Camp, opened in foothill materials and scree cones, with a 10 m wide entrance subdivided into 4 openings.

Mont-roig del Camp · Baix Camp

Length: 19 m · Depth: 2 m

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

Small cave with a 19 m passage in Mont-roig del Camp, opened in foothill materials and scree cones, with a 10 m wide entrance subdivided into 4 openings.

Characteristics

Type: Cave
Municipality: Mont-roig del Camp
Region: Baix Camp
Unit: Serra de Llaberia - Colldejou
Length: 19 meters
Depth: 2 meters
Major Unit: Serralada Prelitoral
Lithology: Clay
Updated on EspeleoÍndex: November 26, 2015

Location

We will leave Mont-roig del Camp along the Colldejou road (T-322). On reaching km 7.7 we will see on the right the track leading to the hermitage of the Mare de Déu de la Roca. A few metres further on we will take the local road (Camí de l'Arranclavers) that branches off to the right and leads back to Mont-roig, and we will continue for 1,200 metres, where we will leave the car. The cavity is perfectly visible on the right of the road.

Entrances

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Cova del Peiró
Elevation: 160 m
41.089265, 0.945100
UTM 31T (ETRS89) 327408 4550701
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Topographic

Cova del Peiró - Topography, Mont-roig del Camp, Baix Camp

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Photos

Cova del Peiró - Photo, Mont-roig del Camp, Baix Camp

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Description

Morphology

The cavity opens to the outside through a 10 metre wide entrance subdivided into 4 openings, a wider one, 5 metres wide and 1.1 metres high, and beside it, three small openings, the central one impenetrable. It is opened in the foothill materials, scree cones.

Progression

It begins with a descent between blocks followed by a slightly ascending stretch.

Other details

The cavity is in a lamentable state of conservation: tyres, dead animals, wooden boxes...

History

A fairly well-known cavity in Mont-roig, opened, very possibly, during the construction of the track that runs from Mont-roig to the hermitage of the Mare de Déu de la Roca. It was archaeologically excavated by Salvador Vilaseca and currently serves as a rubbish dump.

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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.

Vilaseca, S. (1954).- “Nuevos yacimientos tarraconenses de cerámica acanalada”

Actualització de dades, topografia i fotografia extretes del blog: cavitatsdecatalunya.blogspot (de Jordi de Valles). Apunt del 12-8-2013. Dades: J. Cuenca (GEB) i J. de Valles (ECG)