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Cova dels Debanadors

Cova dels Debanadors

Small cave fitted out as a shelter in the Serra de l'Obac, with a dry-stone wall and a bed base at the entrance.

Mura • Bages 12m

Small cave fitted out as a shelter in the Serra de l'Obac, with a dry-stone wall and a bed base at the entrance.

Characteristics

Location

Setting out from the coll de les Estenalles, we will go up the dirt track that passes beside the bassa de la Mata, and continue to the coll de Garganta. We will carry on to the Coma de la Vila, continue along the ridge and take a path that descends through a gully. When we reach the foot of the cliff we will head east, pass beside a group of rocks and just on the other side we will find the cova dels Debanadors.

Map

Entrances

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  1. Cova dels Debanadors

    Elevation: 745 m

    41.668900, 1.967917
    UTM 31T (ETRS89) 414083 4613530
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Photos

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Description

Morphology

The mouth of the cavity is occupied by a dry-stone wall that leaves a small space of one metre on the right-hand side to get in, crossed by a rustic bed base. The size of the entrance porch is 5 m long by 2 m high, giving access to a small room 4 m long by 3 m wide and about 1.7 m high; at the back a narrow gallery opens up, 8 m long by 80 cm wide and 70 cm high. The cavity has a total length of 12 m.

History

The Cova dels Debanadors was occupied by one of the charcoal-burner crews who worked around the Puig de la Balma until the 50s. In its day the interior was occupied by bunks because it was only used for sleeping. As a dining room they had prepared a small flat area situated below the cavity.

The woodcutters sometimes received a visit from a group of hunters who used a pool in the nearby torrent to attract animals. They were the Valentí Rossinyol, known as the Tinet, and the Florenci and the Pep Alavedra (from Mura).

The bunks remained in the cave until the mid-80s, when the Norbert Cònsul removed them and put a large table inside, along with other utensils. One of the bed bases was used as a grille for the door. The current fittings of the cavity are those the Norbert brought, who spent many Sundays there for a few years.

As it was a resting place for the charcoal burners and the historic hikers, the location of the cavity was not disclosed in any of the maps or publications of Sant Llorenç del Munt i l'Obac.

Even now a certain discretion is maintained about its location. But some small groups go there for big breakfasts and are already putting waymarks on the access paths.

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Bibliography

  1. Valles, Jordi de (2011).- Catàleg espeleològic de Catalunya. Vol. 5: 560 pp. Espeleo Club de Gràcia / Federació Catalana d'Espeleologia. Barcelona. (Aparegut el 2016).
  • Les dades històriques i fotografies han estat extretes del blog: trailsantllorenc.blogspot (de Lluís R. Hernández, Matadepera).
  • Actualització de dades, topografia i fotografies 2024 extretes del web: geb.cat (del Grup d'Espeleologia de Badalona). Apunt del 11-3-2024. Dades: Josep Cuenca i Xavier Samarra (GE Badalona).


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