
Coves dels Moros
A group of small caves opened in the wall of Canalda (Odèn), known since time immemorial and cited by Norbert Font i Sagué in 1897.
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Coves dels Moros
A group of small caves opened in the wall of Canalda (Odèn), known since time immemorial and cited by Norbert Font i Sagué in 1897.
Odèn · Solsonès
Length: 11 m
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A group of small caves opened in the wall of Canalda (Odèn), known since time immemorial and cited by Norbert Font i Sagué in 1897.
Topographic
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Description
Morphology
It is a group of rock shelters joined laterally, hanging more than 10 metres above the base of the crag and resting on a marly stratum. The deepest point is 11 metres from the entrance. There are the remains of some front walls that were intended to shelter the chamber.
Progression
To reach them, in 1966 there was a wooden ladder 13 metres high. Currently (2013), one must follow the crag for a few metres while watching for a small ledge that continues from the caves to a less vertical point. At that point a rope allows us to climb up to the ledge, where a horizontal steel cable will give us the safety to access the caves. With via ferrata equipment (harness and double lanyard) we advance along the narrow ledge through a very vertical section until reaching the first of the caves, the largest. To advance towards the second and third caves there is no safety cable, only some precarious wires that give more psychological than real safety for crossing over the void. It is possible to descend by abseiling some 25 or 30 metres, since there is an installation inside the cova gran, but it is faster to return by the same path (10 minutes) than to take down the rope and prepare the abseil.
Other details
In the caves one can still see remains of the walls that closed off the rooms.
History
Known since time immemorial, they are already cited by Norbert Font i Sagué in 1897 in the Catàleg Espeleològich de Catalunya.
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Bibliography
- Borràs,J; Miñarro,J.M; Talavera,F.(1980).-”l'Urgell, el Solsonès, la Segarra i el Berguedà”. Catàleg Espeleològic de Catalunya (vol 5):1-233. Ed. Políglota. Barcelona.
- Coordenades, fotos i situació aportades per la web “Engarrista” (www.engarrista.com) de Marc Solé post del dia 25 de desembre de 2011.” Ferrada Puig Arnau, coves dels Moros i paret de Canalda”.
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