Cova de la Moneda

A 165-metre-long cave in Mont-ral, also known as Cova de la Moneda, with galleries, chambers and a large stalagmite.

Mont-ral • Alt Camp 165m 11m

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Cova de la Moneda

A 165-metre-long cave in Mont-ral, also known as Cova de la Moneda, with galleries, chambers and a large stalagmite.

Mont-ral · Alt Camp

Sviluppo: 165 m · Profondità: 11 m

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A 165-metre-long cave in Mont-ral, also known as Cova de la Moneda, with galleries, chambers and a large stalagmite.

Caratteristiche

Tipo: Grotta
Comune: Mont-ral
Regione: Alt Camp
Unità: Muntanyes de Prades
Sviluppo: 165 metri
Profondità: 11 metri
Unità principale: Serralada Prelitoral
Litologia: Calcare
Aggiornato su EspeleoÍndex: 26 agosto 2016

Località

From Mont-ral, we will head W, and take the camí de la Foradada, pass by the serrat de l'Avenc until reaching a col where we see la Foradada at our height, we will go up along a path that climbs the small cliff and heads towards els Motllats, it will be necessary to always follow the branches to the right in the direction of the cingles de Barrina, on reaching the upper plateau and right next to the cliff we will look for a passage that allows us to descend to a first terrace where the cave mouth is found.

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Cova de la Moneda
Quota: 1002 m
41.286490, 1.074270
UTM 31T (ED 50) 338837 4572553
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Descrizione

Morfologia

The entrance gallery links laterally with a gallery that heads S, at this point the gallery ascends, placing us in front of a small step of 5 metres of drop, which can easily be overcome by descending along the left side of the gallery; this continues to a circular chamber with a large stalagmite in the centre, and in this stretch before the chamber we find a false upper gallery. Likewise throughout this whole stretch we find countless roots hanging from the ceiling.

The gallery continues to a new chamber located at a lower level but easily accessible from the left side of the gallery. From here on the gallery diminishes in size and partly collapses until reaching a fork where the two passages soon become closed.

Concrezioni

A large stalagmite in the centre of a circular chamber.

Progressione

Storia

The first reference to this cavity is by Joan Ferraté in his work Espeleologia de les comarques tarragonines (1918), although he only mentions it without providing any concrete data. In 1946, P.Palau in the circular of the Club Excursionista de Gràcia gives a description of a cave that he calls Cova dels Motllats, which is undoubtedly Cova de la Moneda.

In the autumn of 1951, F.Español and A.Lagar, in their biospeleological research in the Muntanyes de Prades, visit the cavity at least a couple of times.

We know that the cave is well known to speleologists of the Camp de Tarragona during the decade of the 1950s, but there is no complete bibliographic record until the exploration by members of the SIE – CEA in 1966, who carried out the first survey. Subsequently, in 1973 the ERE of the CEC carried out a new survey that remained unpublished until its inclusion in EspeleoÍndex.

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Bibliografia

Borràs, J.; Miñarro,JM.; Talavera, F. (1978).- Catàleg Espeleològic de Catalunya. Vol. 2 (l'Alt Camp, la Conca de Barberà,el Baix Penedès i el Tarragonès):246 pp. Ed. Poliglota. Barcelona.