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Cova Falsa

Cova Falsa

Tiny cave with a 5-metre passage at the Cingle Blanc, Arbolí, formed by the open space beneath a large block, with access from both sides.

Arbolí • Baix Camp 5m 1m

Tiny cave with a 5-metre passage at the Cingle Blanc, Arbolí, formed by the open space beneath a large block, with access from both sides.

Characteristics

Location

From the coll d'Alforja the road heading to l'Arbolí (TV-7012) starts; after a couple of kilometres we come to a junction, to the left it goes to l'Arbolí, to the right to la Mussara, we will take the latter (TV-7092). After about 350 metres from the junction, we find on the right a cultivated field and at the end of it a flat area where a path begins that heads to l'Alforja, descending the Cingle Blanc by the grau de l'Embut; after a bend to the right we reach the base of the cingle, the path passes between an enormous block and the wall of the cingle, we follow the path until we reach the next bend, this time to the left; right at the bend, a small trail comes off head-on, which we will follow for about 50 metres, then turn off to the right and climb up in the direction of the cingle for about 30 metres, where there are two gigantic blocks (there are cairns, data from 2012); at the base of the left-hand block we will find the mouth no. 1 of the avenc dels Ossos; we continue climbing the scree of blocks and a few metres further up on the right we will find the “cova” beneath a large block.

Map

Entrances

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  1. Falsa, Cova

    Elevation: 725 m

    41.224183, 0.955454
    UTM 31T (ED 50) 328724 4565863
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Photos

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Description

Morphology

It cannot be said to be a cave, since in reality it is the open space left beneath a large block; it has access from both sides. Its passage is 5 metres long.

History

Although long known to the local people, the first visit of which there is a record is the one made in 1929 by Salvador Vilaseca Anguera, from Reus; he carried out archaeological studies at a series of caves located in the Cingle Blanc, calling them coves d'Arbolí and cataloguing them alphabetically with the letters A to N; he published these studies in 1934.

In more modern times the cavity received sporadic visits from speleologists. The GES of the CMB during 1979 explored all the cavities of the Cingle Blanc, publishing the results in 1980 in the magazine Sota Terra 1; currently the municipality of l'Arbolí is incorporated into the comarca of Baix Camp, but at different periods it had been in the Conca de Barberà and also in that of the Priorat.

Except for la Cova del Rufino, which Vilaseca catalogued with the letter “C”, and that of the Ossos with the letter “M”, the GES, faced with the uncertainty of knowing which letter corresponded to each cavity, chose to give a new name to all the cavities that were not known by a specific name.

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Bibliography

  1. Borrás, J.;Miñarro, JM.;Talavera, F.(1984).-”el baix camp, el priorat i la ribera d'ebre”. Catàleg Espeleològic de Catalunya (vol. 7):1-283. Ed. Políglota. Barcelona.
  2. Montoriol, A.(1980).-”Noves cavitats obertes als Motllats”. Sota Terra (1):28-38. GES – CMB. Barcelona.

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