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Cova de la Font de Sant Llorenç

Cova de la Font de Sant Llorenç

A tiny cave at Monjos (Alt Penedès), with two entrances, a narrow and irregular gallery, a rock bridge and a hole in the ceiling. A human skull and other bones were found there. Discovered by Antoni Massanell while widening a nearby crevice close to the spring.

Santa Margarida i els Monjos • Alt Penedès 8m 1m

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Cova de la Font de Sant Llorenç

A tiny cave at Monjos (Alt Penedès), with two entrances, a narrow and irregular gallery, a rock bridge and a hole in the ceiling. A human skull and other bones were found there. Discovered by Antoni Massanell while widening a nearby crevice close to the spring.

Santa Margarida i els Monjos · Alt Penedès

Length: 8 m · Depth: 1 m

Updated record

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Main entrance reference 41.297267, 1.670665 UTM 31 · 388703 4572609
Topographic map of the main entrance
Main entrance · ICGC topographic map

A tiny cave at Monjos (Alt Penedès), with two entrances, a narrow and irregular gallery, a rock bridge and a hole in the ceiling. A human skull and other bones were found there. Discovered by Antoni Massanell while widening a nearby crevice close to the spring.

Characteristics

Location

The cave is located at Monjos (Alt Penedès). From the castle of Penyafort, follow the path to the Senabra, where we will leave the vehicle; behind the hermitage of Santa Maria de la Senabra we find some stairs that go down and follow a path that leads us to the Sant Llorenç ravine. We will go up the path that runs along the bottom of the ravine for about five hundred metres (we will find a padlock to prevent vehicles from passing), until reaching the Sant Salvador spring, where there is a recreation area with tables; the cave is right in front of the spring, on the right hydrographic side of the ravine.

It can also be accessed from the castle of Penyafort, turning off upon reaching the group of houses (Cal Noi de Bellestar), leaving the main track to take a new track on the left in a SE direction for a distance of about 900 m, where the track is closed by a padlock. Here we will leave the car and continue on foot going up the track that progresses along the bottom of the stream for approximately 450 m until reaching the spring.

Map

Entrances

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  1. Font de Sant Llorenç, Coveta de la

    Elevation: 234 m

    41.297267, 1.670665
    UTM 31T (ETRS89) 388703 4572609
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Description

Morphology

Small cavity characterised by having two entrances.

The main entrance consists of a narrow vertical crevice that at the same time descends and turns to the left until a rock bridge that divides the gallery into two levels and connects with the second entrance.

The second entrance consists of a step that gives access through a crawlway to the main gallery in a NE direction and to a small, low chamber in a W direction.

The gallery has an irregular and very narrow structure, except for a rectangular space where a human skull and other bones were found. The authors of the excavation considered the possibility of another larger entrance that was covered by an embankment of materials fallen from the higher area. It has two entrances at its ends, and a small hole in the ceiling that opens to the outside.

History

Discovered by Antoni Massanell (one of the founders of the Museum of Vilafranca del Penedès) while widening a narrow crevice near the spring. We think this took place around the 1930s or 1940s.

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Bibliography

  1. Giró, Pere (1947-48).- “Nuevos hallazgos arqueológicos en el Panadés”. Ampurias (IX-X): 253-268. Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya. Barcelona.
  2. Virella, J. (1978).- “Experiències a l'entorn de la localització d'estacions prehistòriques”. Miscel·lània Penedesenca (1): 241-269. Institut d'Estudis Penedesencs.
  3. Valles, Jordi de (2023).-”Alt Penedès, Baix Penedès, Garraf, Tarragonès”. Catàleg Espeleològic de Catalunya (Vol.7):508 pp. Espeleo Club Muntanyenc Barcelonès / Federació Catalana d'Espeleologia. Barcelona.
  • Dades topografia i fotografies facilitades per Francesc Rubinat (ERE-CEC).
  • Dades topografia i fotografies “JNC”, facilitades per Jordi Navarro i Montse Mañosa (Centre Excursionista de Castellar del Vallès).


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