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Cova Nº5 del Mal Grau

Small cave with a passage of 9 m in Guanta (Sentmenat), with an entrance 11 m wide by 2.5 m high.

Sentmenat • Vallès Occidental 9m

Small cave with a passage of 9 m in Guanta (Sentmenat), with an entrance 11 m wide by 2.5 m high.

Characteristics

Location

It is located in Guanta (Sentmenat), on the right bank of the stream that descends from the Salt de Guanta, directly above the water pools. Approximate coordinates.

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Entrances

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  1. Cova Nº5 del Mal Grau

    Elevation: 355 m

    41.639330, 2.114670
    UTM 31T (ED 50) 426361 4610316
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Description

Morphology

The entrance of this cavity is relatively large, 11 metres wide by 2.5 high, and leads to a first section of about 4 metres of passage. To the W of this vestibule a crawlway opens that, with a passage of 5 metres, leads to the end of the cave.

Progression

The entrance leads to a first section of about 4 metres of passage. To the W of this vestibule a crawlway opens that, with a passage of 5 metres, leads to the end of the cave.

Other details

The cave has a passage of 9 m. In the first section the remains of archaeological excavations can be observed.

History

We only have the references given by members of the ERE-CEC who visited it in June 1976. There could be a confusion between this cave and the Cova del Comte, since we have found information that the latter was the subject of archaeological excavations.

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Bibliography

Ramírez, J. (1977).- “Ressenya espeleològica del Mal Grau” Espeleòleg (25): 345-351. ERE del Centre Excursionista de Catalunya. Barcelona.

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