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Cova del Potau

Cova del Potau

Balma de 17 metres de fons a Montbrió de la Marca (Sarral).

Sarral • Conca de Barberà17m1m

A 17-metre-deep rock shelter in Montbrió de la Marca (Sarral).

Characteristics

Location

By the C-37 road, from Sarral to Rocafort de Queralt, on reaching kilometre 10.775 you must turn right onto the TV-2333 road. After travelling 175 metres and once you have crossed the river of Vallverd, we will turn right onto a track not advisable for cars, where at 40 metres we will find a turn-off to the right that we will ignore, continuing to the left along the main track; at 480 metres from the start of the track we will find a new turn-off to the right that we will also ignore; we will continue straight on and at 900 metres we find a new turn-off to the right that we will likewise not take into account; at 1,040 metres we find a turn-off to the left that we will also ignore and continue straight on; at 1,120 metres we reach a junction, the left-hand path has a cable barring the way, you must follow the middle path; on reaching 1,500 metres from the road, we find a new junction where we will follow the left-hand path. A little further on we will find a widening where we will leave the vehicle. From here you must follow the track for 158 metres, where it ends and two torrents meet; we will follow the right-hand one, which over a distance of 330 metres will lead us to the cavity.

Mapa

Entrances

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  1. Cova del Potau

    Elevation: 585 m

    41.450754, 1.287393
    UTM 31T (ETRS89) 356950 4590212
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Photos

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Description

Morphology

It is a large rock shelter 34 metres wide; in the SE part, we find the deepest part of the shelter, 17 metres. At the S entrance, there are also some formations. Being in the middle of the torrent, in rainy periods a small waterfall forms. In the upper part of the shelter we find a stratum, where there is another small shelter of no interest.

History

Known since time immemorial. In Montbrió de la Marca it is known by the names cova del Pi Blanc and cova del Pa Blanc; while in Sarral it is known as cova del Potau.

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