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Cova Llarga

Cova Llarga

An elongated rock shelter in Subirats (Alt Penedès), known since time immemorial and cited by Manuel Milà i Fontanals (1880) and Font i Sagué (1897).

Subirats • Alt Penedès 6m 2m

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Cova Llarga

An elongated rock shelter in Subirats (Alt Penedès), known since time immemorial and cited by Manuel Milà i Fontanals (1880) and Font i Sagué (1897).

Subirats · Alt Penedès

Length: 6 m · Depth: 2 m

Updated record

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Main entrance reference 41.353407, 1.803787 UTM 31 · 399935 4578680
Topographic map of the main entrance
Main entrance · ICGC topographic map

An elongated rock shelter in Subirats (Alt Penedès), known since time immemorial and cited by Manuel Milà i Fontanals (1880) and Font i Sagué (1897).

Characteristics

Location

From the coll de Garró, at km 24.1 of the BV-2411 road (from Gavà to Avinyó), a track heads N and must be followed for 320 metres, leaving a fork to the right. At this point we are just above the rock shelter. We must continue a few metres along the track and descend between the vineyards to the rock shelter, which we will find easily.

Map

Entrances

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  1. Llarga, Cova

    Elevation: 245 m

    41.353407, 1.803787
    UTM 31T (ETRS89) 399935 4578680
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Photos

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Description

Morphology

It is a rock shelter 35.5 metres wide, with a maximum height of 3.5 metres and a depth of 6 metres. The W half is completely flat, while to the E the ground rises 2.5 metres until the rock shelter is closed off by some blocks.

History

Known since time immemorial. Manuel Milà i Fontanals (1880), in a work on Olèrdola, mentions a cave near a long rock beside Can Ràfols dels Caus. This citation is taken up by Font i Sagué in his Catàlech (1897). There seems to be no doubt that these references correspond to the Cova Llarga.

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Bibliography

  • Totes les dades, topografia i fotografies han estat extretes del blog: cavitatsdecatalunya.blogspot (de Jordi de Valles). Post del 30-11-2013.

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