Cova dels Foresos

The current farmhouse is still habitable and has bastions at the front and back; the date carved on the keystone of the main portal is 1801. Beneath the current house the old Mas de la Cova had existed, which was a rock-shelter farmhouse, since it used a large rock shelter as the rear part of the dwelling. The holes where the wooden rafters that would have supported the roof of the old farmhouse were fitted can still be seen.

Speleologically, the first report of this cavity is provided by Juan Abad, who published it in 1973 in the Comunicacions del III Simpòsium d'Espeleologia held in Mataró. However, we think he gets confused with the name of the cave, probably due to the limited cartography of the area existing at that time, since he goes on to call it Cova de la Balma de la Cova, locating it in a place called la Cova and 50 metres from the Pla de Cogullas. In reality, the Pla de Cogullades (Vinaixa), since that is the correct name, and la Cova (Vallclara) are two toponyms that exist; moreover, at this point there is indeed a cave that has nothing to do with the cova dels Foresos (Vimbodí i Poblet), which is located 1.3 kilometres away to the East at the Mas dels Foresos, also known as Mas de la Cova, which already appears documented in the 19th century.

It also gives rise to confusion the fact of having located it in the municipality of Vallclara, when in reality it belongs to the municipality of Vimbodí i Poblet; on the other hand, the place known as la Cova does belong to Vallclara.