Cova dels Forats

Known since time immemorial.

The oldest data from a description of these caves are due to the Piarist P. Calonge, who visited them on 12 July 1885 and made a careful description of them, in addition to naming each cavity with a particular name: Temple, Pou, Bressol and Forats.

Later they were visited by Font i Sagué and by Almera, without much publicity. This came from Marià Faura i Sans who, on 14 September 1907, accompanied by Dr. Colomines, his nephew Timoteu Colomines (then president of the Club Muntanyenc) and the owner of Mas Guineu and of the land where the caves are located, made a visit, leaving a record of the writings by P. Calonge.

For years the caves have been visited by many people (especially the Cova del Temple for being the most accessible), some without many scruples when it came to maintaining their integrity.

It is not until the summer of 1973 that members of the GE Pedraforca again take an interest and make a topographic survey of the four cavities, naming them Coves de les Esplugues and numbering them from 1 to 4, from the westernmost to the easternmost.

Finally, F. Cardona publishes in 1989 a documented work on the complex of cavities, with new surveys and other data, the product of visits made with colleagues from the Espeleo Club de Gràcia.