Cau de les Goges

One must not confuse the Cau de les Goges with la Cova de les Goges; the latter disappeared around the year 1967 due to the works of a new variant of the N-II road. The similarity of the name and the proximity of both caves gave rise to the Cau de les Goges being cited as disappeared in the Catàleg Espeleològic de Catalunya (ed. 1980), when in reality it was la Cova de les Goges that had disappeared. In the Catàleg Espeleològic de Catalunya (ed. 2010) the mistake is maintained, but moreover it is wrongly located in the municipality of Sant Martí de Llémena.

In Catalan mythology the goges are fairies, water women,...

Known since ancient times. Puig y Larraz (1896) calls it Cau de las Gojas and locates it in Sarrià de Ter, based on earlier data by Palol i Vinyes that appeared in the Revista de Gerona. Font i Sagué cites it again in his Catàlech (1897) without providing further data. It is almost certain that this citation corresponds to the disappeared la Cova de les Goges. Font also cites two caves (without specifying a name) in Sant Julià de Ramis, which undoubtedly are the two cavities mentioned and which have erroneously come to be catalogued as Coves de Sant Julià de Ramis, without giving data.

The Cau de les Goges was already the object of an archaeological excavation by Pallarès i Wernert. The resulting works were published in the annuary of the Institut d'Estudis Catalans (1915-1920).