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Cova M-14

Cova de 65 metres de recorregut a Montcortès, (Baix Pallars).

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A 65-metre-long cave in Montcortès (Baix Pallars), with several exits to the outside due to its collapse structure and clastic process.

Characteristics

Location

From Senterada you must head to the Pobleta de Bellveí where we will take a narrow road on the right to the estany de Montcortès; on the E side of the lake, an asphalted track starts and heads to Peracalç; when we reach the junction with the track that goes to Montsor, we will take this one on the right, suitable for any vehicle, and after 1.7 kilometres we will reach the flat area where the cavities are found; this is on the left of the track, the spot is easily recognised since the track makes a sharp bend to the right and also on the right there is a large temporary pool of water used for animals to drink.

The identification of the cavities is quite complicated, since at present (2011) only the painted name is preserved on M-1 and M-11; on the rest of the cavities any sign identifying them has disappeared, and the GEB does not report any kind of guideline followed in order to identify them; therefore, apart from these two cavities, we do not know which coordinates of the rest correspond correctly to each one of them; we have considered it appropriate to mark the rest of the cavities with coordinates located between M-1 and M-11, taking into account that apart from M-8, which is a couple of bends before reaching the flat area, the rest of the cavities are located within a radius of less than 200 metres from this point that we indicate; in some cases the coordinates correspond to hole entrances, but we ignore whether they correspond to the same ones.

Approximate coordinates within a radius of less than 200 metres.

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Entrances

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  1. M-14, Cova

    Elevation: 1357 m

    42.315396, 0.978839
    UTM 31T (ED 50) 333614 4686975
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Description

Morphology

Cave 65.1 metres long with several exits to the outside due to its collapse structure and clastic process.

History

On 26 to 30 March 1970 a team from the SIE of the CEA explores the Forat de Montcortès (98 metres) and the Forat del Vicenç (-10 metres). Later, on 6 and 7 March 1976, another SIE team in which some of the members of the previous team take part, explore in the serra de Peracalç, between the estany de Montcortès and Peracalç, three cavities of (-30 metres, -11 metres and -7 metres) depth respectively, which they name Forats de la Grata no. 1, 2 and 3; this information remains in the SIE archives but nothing about it is ever published. Very probably they correspond to one of the many holes explored by the GEB in this sector.

In 1980 the GEB begins a series of explorations on this flat area that is to the N of the roca de Perauba and to the W of the dolmen de Perauba and that the GEB calls pla del campament because it is the spot where they set up camp during the explorations; these would last until 1988. Later they return in September 1994, in July 1995, when they accompany the archaeologists from the department of history of pre-capitalist societies and of social anthropology of the UAB, and they return again in November 1999. Over the course of these years, the forest mass has grown considerably, which also complicates the location of the cavities. This cavity in particular was explored on 24 November 1984.

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Bibliography

  1. Porcel Caro,Enric.(1990).-”Exploracions a la Serra Magdalena ”. Cavernas (22):49-57. GE Badalona.
  2. Porcel Caro,Enric; Miret Pérez, Francesc.(2008).-”Cavernes d'interès arqueològic”. Cavernas (27):58-63. GE Badalona.
  3. Navarro,J.(1971).-”Relación cronológica de las exploraciones realizadas por miembros de la SIE en 1970”. EspeleoSie (10):75-87. SIE – CE Àliga. Barcelona.
  4. De Valles, Jordi.(2008).-Catàleg Espeleològic de Catalunya (Vol 1):245-246. ECG, FCE. Badalona.

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