Forat del Gat Cendrer

Small cave near Mas de Casals in la Febró, with an entrance 1.50 metres in diameter, a vertical drop of 5.60 metres and 13.20 metres of passage.

Febró, La • Baix Camp 16m 5m

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Small cave near Mas de Casals in la Febró, with an entrance 1.50 metres in diameter, a vertical drop of 5.60 metres and 13.20 metres of passage.

Febró, La · Baix Camp

Length: 16 m · Depth: 5 m

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Small cave near Mas de Casals in la Febró, with an entrance 1.50 metres in diameter, a vertical drop of 5.60 metres and 13.20 metres of passage.

Characteristics

Type: Cave
Municipality: Febró, La
Region: Baix Camp
Unit: Muntanyes de Prades
Length: 16 meters
Depth: 5 meters
Major Unit: Serralada Prelitoral
Lithology: Limestone
Updated on EspeleoÍndex: April 24, 2023

Location

On the T-704 road from Prades towards la Febró, at kilometre 35.2 on the right-hand side of the road, a track leads off towards Siurana; after covering 1.5 kilometres at the coll de l'Andreu we will turn left along the camí del mas d'en Viles. We will follow this track, suitable for high-chassis vehicles, for 1 kilometre without deviating; at this point, at the foot of the track at present, if it has not been cut, there is a large pine tree (ETRS89 coordinates 330234-4572529). The cavity is on the left (East) 35 metres from the pine tree.

Entrances

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Forat del Gat Cendrer
Elevation: 971 m
41.286611, 0.973115
UTM 31T (ETRS89) 330271 4572555
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Topographic

Forat del Gat Cendrer - Topography, Febró, La, Baix Camp

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Description

Morphology

The entrance, approximately 1.50 metres in diameter, gives access to a chamber with a slight downward slope. From the chamber a gallery continues with a steep slope and many stones that takes us down to a small little chamber. The vertical drop is 5.60 metres and 13.20 metres of passage.

Speleothems

In the small little chamber we find a lot of formation damaged by the people who entered at some point.

History

Given the damaged state of the cave's formation, it must have been known in the area. Albert Manent in his Toponímia de la Febró mentions the “Cau de la Quica” in the barranc de les Tellerasses; we do not know whether it could be this cavity.

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Bibliography

Situació facilitada per Isidre Martorell, veí de la Febró.
Dades, coordenades, topografia i fotografies facilitades per Juli Serrano (SIE-CEA) i Francesc Rubinat (ERE-CEC).