Caves of La Morera de Montsant

La Morera de Montsant, a municipality in the Priorat, contains 45 inventoried cavities: 24 pits and 21 caves. Together they total 4250 metres of passage and reach a maximum depth of 70 metres. All the cavities develop in conglomerate.

Among the longest cavities are the Avenc de l'Aisling, with 871 metres of passage and 53 metres of depth, explored by the GELL in 1995; the Cova de les Campanes, with 800 metres of passage and 70 metres of depth; the Avenc de la Junça, with 270 metres; the Avenc del Pla de l'agnet, with 262 metres, explored in January 1997 by members of the AAEET de Valls; and the Esquerda Xula, with 229 metres of passage and 39 metres of depth, explored by the GE Lleidatà in 2004.

As for depth, the Cova de les Campanes reaches 70 metres; it is followed by the Avenc de l'Aisling, with 53 metres; the Esquerda Xula, with 39 metres; the Avenc de la Roca del Xollat, with 36 metres, discovered on 15-11-1997 by members of the AAEET de Valls; and the Avenc del Marfull, with 31 metres, explored by the GE Lleidatà in February 2002.