Caves of Torrelles de Foix
Torrelles de Foix, in Alt Penedès, brings together 22 cavities: 18 caves and 4 pits, with a total length of 483 m and a maximum drop of 30 m.
Torrelles de Foix has 22 catalogued caves, including 4 potholes and 18 caves. The longest is Cova de Cal Magí Rossell (102 m). Most caves are found in limestone.
Length adds each cave once (a system counts once), and depth is that of the deepest cave, canyons excluded.
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Torrelles de Foix, a municipality in Alt Penedès, brings together 22 catalogued cavities: 18 caves and 4 pits. The group totals a length of 483 m and reaches a maximum drop of 30 m. All the documented cavities develop in limestone.
The most notable cavity is the Cova de Cal Magí Rossell, with 102 m of length and 30 m of drop, discovered in 1951 and excavated from 1952, catalogued as a natural inhumation burial cave of the Middle Bronze Age. Other relevant cavities are the Cova Freda, with 54 m of length and a drop of -12.8 m, and the Avenc Josep Cuadrench, with a depth of 25 m, with an entrance of 1.22×0.7 m and a gallery in an N-S joint. Also listed are the Esquerda Nº1 de les Roques del Pany, of 52 m, surveyed in 1972 and 1973, and the Esquerda Nº4 de les Roques del Pany, of 27 m.
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