Cova Nº6 de l'Escudelleta
A 40-metre-long cave in the barranc de la Pixera, in Capafonts. The entrance is about 13X6 metres and gives access to two almost parallel galleries. Historically known as Coves de l'Escudelleta.
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Cova Nº6 de l'Escudelleta
A 40-metre-long cave in the barranc de la Pixera, in Capafonts. The entrance is about 13X6 metres and gives access to two almost parallel galleries. Historically known as Coves de l'Escudelleta.
Capafonts · Baix Camp
Length: 40 m · Depth: 1 m
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A 40-metre-long cave in the barranc de la Pixera, in Capafonts. The entrance is about 13X6 metres and gives access to two almost parallel galleries. Historically known as Coves de l'Escudelleta.
Topographic
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Description
Morphology
The entrance, about 13X6 metres, gives access to two almost parallel galleries. The left one, after a passage of 9.5 metres, gives way to a narrow conduit 8.5 metres long. The right gallery is a little raised above the floor and is a narrow conduit 14 metres long that ends by becoming impassable.
Other details
A 40-metre-long cave in the barranc de la Pixera, in Capafonts.
History
Although they have been known since distant times by the people of the area, the first mention we find is due to J. Ferraté (1918), who mentions the group of caves, calling them Coves de l'Escudelleta.
J. Iglésies and J. Santasusagna (1930), in their hiking guide to the Muntanyes de Prades, also mention them but specify that the most important of all of them is the one called Cova del Grèvol.
In 1968 and 1969, members of the Grup Geogràfic de Gràcia (later EC de Gràcia) visit the cova del Grèvol, calling it Cova de l'Escudelleta.
In 1981 and 1982, members of the SIEP – CE Poblet de Barcelona carry out a compilation work of the whole set of cavities and number them (1 to 10) but call them del Barranc de la Pixera, although it would have been more correct to call them Coves de l'Escudelleta.
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Bibliography
- Borràs, J.; Miñarro,J.M.; Talavera, F. (1984).-”el baix camp, el priorat i la ribera d'ebre”. Catàleg Espeleològic de Catalunya (vol.7):61-62 Ed Políglota.
- Ferraté, J.(1918).-Espeleologia a les Comarques Tarragonines.134 pp. Reus.
- Iglesies, J.(1929).-Les muntanyes de Prades, el Montsant i la serra de la Llena. 366 pàg. Agrupació Excursionista de Reus.
- Iglesies, J.; en col.laboració amb Santasusagna, J. (1930).- Les muntanyes de Prades, el Montsant i la serra de la Llena. 2ª edició. 366 pàg. Agrupació Excursionista de Reus.
- Talavera, Ferran (1982).-”Las cavidades del barranc de la Pixera (Motllat-Baix Camp)”. Boletín Espeleoógico SIEP (14):30-41. SIEP – CE Poblet.
- Coordenades, fotografies i dades actualitzades, aportades per l'equip d'EspeleoÍndex.
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