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Cova Regal-marcet

Cova Regal-marcet

Cave with a 34-metre passage in the Serra l'Obac (Mura).

Mura • Bages 34m

Cave with a 34-metre passage in the Serra l'Obac (Mura).

Characteristics

Location

The site is reached from kilometre point 14.824 of the BV-1221 road, at the Coll d'Estenalles, from where the path heading south-west starts and reaches the house of la Mata after 870 metres; you must continue along the path that leaves next to la Mata heading north, which after 160 metres turns towards the south-west. At 890 metres from la Mata, you reach the coll de Garganta and begin to ascend in a north-westerly direction along the Carena de la Castanyera and the Coma d'en Vila until, after 1900 metres, you reach the Coll de Boix, where there is a junction of paths. You must take the path that leaves towards the north-west and, through the carena de l'Era dels Enrics, reaches the Collet del Mal Pas and the rocky wall of the Turó del Mal Pas, after 2200 metres. From here you must follow the wall towards the south, along a small path sometimes interrupted by the forest, which goes around the Turó del Mal Pas to the south and then heads north-west. After 1500 metres you reach a forest track that leads west to the masia of Puigdoure (and beyond to that of el Farell), and north to a high-voltage tower near a cliff over the torrent del Sot de l'Infern. You must head north and when you reach the height of the high-voltage tower, after some 450 metres, you must descend towards the east along a conglomerate slope until you reach the forest. Once here you must make your way north to seek the vertical wall of the northern part of the cliff, between which and the forest there is a certain worn path. When you reach the northern slope of the cliff, directly below the high-voltage line, the cave opens to the left, and you must climb up to it through a narrow passage. Very approximate coordinates.

Map

Entrances

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  1. Regal-marcet, Cova

    Elevation: 586 m

    41.677552, 1.948115
    UTM 31T (ETRS89) 412446 4614510
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Description

Morphology

The cave opens in a joint north of an abrupt spur that falls over the Sot de l'Infern, in a rugged environment dominated by vertical conglomerate walls and the presence of mixed holm oak forest and thick undergrowth. A dry cavity with no limestone formations, which show a low degree of humidity and make it suitable as a habitat space. The cave has a passage of 34.5 metres with a width of up to 2 metres and a respectable height. At the end of the gallery, on the left-hand side, there is a descending crawl that ends choked by sediments.

History

It was discovered by Jordi Guillemot of the Centre Excursionista de Terrassa, at the beginning of the first decade of the 21st century. He proposed that it was an ideal space for the habitat that had probably been occupied by the same community that buried the dead in the sepulchral cave of the Turó del Mal Pas, which was partially excavated in 1965. The existence of a habitat cave near the Mal Pas had already been anticipated by Antoni Ferrando in 1983. In January 2010 a preventive archaeological intervention was carried out there, directed by Karin Harzbecher Spezzia of the company Arqueociència, which consisted of two test pits in the centre and at the back of the cavity. The results were negative; only two handmade ceramic fragments were recovered, one reduction-fired and the other oxidation-fired, possibly assigned to some undetermined prehistoric chronology. During the intervention the planimetric survey of the cavity could also be carried out. During the revision tasks of the Carta Arqueològica, in December 2010, the cave was visited again and the test pit made by Arqueociència was observed, which made it possible to observe the absence of archaeological stratigraphy in the sections and that the sediment was of endo-karstic origin and not anthropogenic. At the back of the cave up to five irregular test pits were observed, which were attributed to looters. No archaeological materials were observed on the surface. So far it is not possible to assess aspects relating to the chronology or the extent of the habitation levels. The state of conservation of the site is poor; it is a natural habitation cave without structures from the Bronze Age (-1800 / -650).

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Bibliography

  1. Guillemot i Marcet, Jordi (2001).-”La cova Regal-Marcet, la llar de la comunitat del Mal Pas (Edat del Bronze)”. Arxiu Centre Excursionista de Terrassa (107):258-275. CE Terrassa.
  2. Guillemot i Marcet, Jordi.(2002).-”La cova Regal-Marcet, la llar de la comunitat del Mal Pas”. V Trobada d'Estudiosos de Sant Llorenç del Munt i l'Obac/Monografies (35):195-199.
  3. Martínez Pardo, Sergi.(2014).-”Divulgació del patrimoni geològic i miner del municipi de Mura mitjançant les noves tecnologies”. Treball de fi de grau pp:1-43.
  4. Valles Tena, Jordi de (2016).-”Bages, Barcelonès, Maresme, Vallès Occidental, Vallès Oriental” Catàleg Espeleològic de Catalunya (vol.5):154-155. ECG/FCE

  • Dades i fotografies extretes de (invarque. cultura.gencat.cat)
  • Dades i fotografies de Joan Escoda i Prats, extretes del blog (percaminsdelbages.blogspot.com.es). Post del dia 29-06-2008.

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