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la Casa del Corb

la Casa del Corb

Important worked rock shelter in Peramola, in l'Alt Urgell, inhabited until the 1920s and with origins dating back to the Neolithic.

Peramola • Alt Urgell 20m

Important worked rock shelter in Peramola, in l'Alt Urgell, inhabited until the 1920s and with origins dating back to the Neolithic.

Characteristics

Location

On the S slope of the Roca del Corb. To get there, take the track that leads from Peramola to Cortiuda. When the asphalt ends, an old track branches off to the right heading N towards the Roca del Corb, passes beside the pit of the same name and a little further on, a signposted path branches off to the left that leads directly to la Casa del Corb.

Map

Entrances

Always verify coordinates and access conditions before setting out.

  1. Casa del Corb, la

    Elevation: 896 m

    42.077122, 1.260355
    UTM 31T (ED 50) 356092 4659886
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Photos

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Description

Morphology

This rock shelter has dimensions of about 20 metres deep by about 25 metres wide. This made it possible to differentiate several rooms that can still be seen today. Notable are the corral and the manger at the entrance and the oven located in the area that must have been the kitchen. In what were the bedrooms, some receptacles used as small cupboards can still be seen, as well as shelves and poles wedged between the stones of the walls, in order to hang things. It should be noted that the wall that closes off the rock shelter does not reach the ceiling. In this way the smoke from the fire that was made for cooking and warming up could escape. This did not prevent, however, the walls and ceiling from being blackened.

Hydrology

They took water from the drips from the ceiling, in rainy periods, or from a nearby spring located a few metres below the entrance.

History

Known since time immemorial and mentioned in various works and monographs about the region and of historical speciality.

La Casa del Corb is one of the many worked rock shelters that exist in Catalonia. Some were only used to pen livestock, but others, like this one in question, are true dwellings. It is known that la Casa del Corb was inhabited until the 1920s, but it seems that the first guests date back to the Neolithic.

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Bibliography

  1. Valles, J. de (2009).- Catàleg Espeleològic de Catalunya. Vol. 2”. 384 pp. Espeleo Club de Gràcia – Federació Catalana d'Espeleologia. Barcelona.
    · Coordenades, fotografies, topografia i altres dades facilitades per Alfred Montserrat (ERE del CEC).

Source: Espeleoindex (espeleoindex.com), modified. CC BY-NC 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/