
Cova del Racó de l'hospital
A 115-metre-long cave near Montblanc, formed by two galleries at different levels, with access via a -3.6-metre shaft and another of 5.2 metres.
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Cova del Racó de l'hospital
A 115-metre-long cave near Montblanc, formed by two galleries at different levels, with access via a -3.6-metre shaft and another of 5.2 metres.
Montblanc · Conca de Barberà
Length: 115 m · Depth: 9 m
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A 115-metre-long cave near Montblanc, formed by two galleries at different levels, with access via a -3.6-metre shaft and another of 5.2 metres.
Topographic
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Description
Morphology
The cave is formed by two galleries at different levels, the upper of which connects the cavity with the outside at different points, presenting a development of about 40 metres amidst a chaos of blocks and in a general direction approximately N-S, forming two chambers at its ends joined by a gallery.
The lower galleries have an average width of one metre and present a winding route following the direction of the joint along which it runs, its height oscillating between 4 and 9 metres.
Progression
The lower gallery is accessed from the right-hand side of the main entrance, where we find a parabold (M-10, without nut) and opposite it a spit.
Access by means of a -3.6-metre shaft, followed by another of 5.2 metres, opened at the S end of the lower galleries.
History
In February 1966 the explorations began by the then very young members of the GIEM (Montblanc), who already knew that the cave had already been explored by the first speleology group of Montblanc, the SERS of the CEM, some years earlier.
All the work in the cavity has been carried out at different times by the members of the GIEM.
After several attempts, in 1971 they finally made a survey of the plan of the lower gallery; this was published in volume no. 2 of the Catàleg espeleològic de Catalunya (1978), which also includes the plan of the upper gallery, entirely invented. Finally, in 2012 they made a new complete survey of the cavity.
Bio
Coleoptera:
- Troglocharinus orcinus (very widespread in the muntanyes de Prades)
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Bibliography
- Borràs, J.; Miñarro,JM.; Talavera, F. (1978).- Catàleg Espeleològic de Catalunya. Vol. 2 (l'Alt Camp, la Conca de Barberà,el Baix Penedès i el Tarragonès):246 pp. Ed. Poliglota. Barcelona.
- GIEM (1972).-”Cavidades topografiadas en la Serra de Prades y lista de las mayores cavidades” Comuni. II Simp. Metod. Espel. VI/1-12. Escuela Catalana de Espeleología-CRE.
- Pallisé, J. (2017).- “En el record encara: Les primeres exploracions i descobertes del GIEM (La Ginesta i el Racó de l'Hospital)”. (en preparació per a la revista Podall del Centre d'Estudis de la Conca de Barberà)
- Actualització de la fitxa gener de 2018. Coordenades, situació, dades i fotografies, facilitades per Juli Serrano (SIE-CEA) i Francesc Rubinat (ERE-CEC).
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