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A 12-metre-long rock shelter on the N slope of Montsec d'Ares, with a 6x3x5-metre chamber and a small side gallery.

Sant Esteve de la Sarga • Pallars Jussà 12m 1m

A 12-metre-long rock shelter on the N slope of Montsec d'Ares, with a 6x3x5-metre chamber and a small side gallery.

Caratteristiche

Località

At the head of the barranc de la Font de la Veça and above the font de la Veça; at the base of a small cliff shortly before reaching the Serrat Alt. It is visible from the villages of Moror and Alzina. Approximate coordinates.

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  1. Cova de la Veça

    Quota: 1513 m

    42.046807, 0.801976
    UTM 31T (ED 50) 318187 4657514
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Descrizione

Morfologia

Rock shelter with a 12-metre length. Chamber of 6x3x5 metres with a small side gallery that opens to the outside.

Concrezioni

On the ceiling we find small cupolas. Inside we also find a notable lithogenic process.

Idrologia

Inside we find a small fossil spring.

Storia

Known since ancient times and used by the shepherds of the area to shelter flocks of sheep. The ERE of the CEC carried out the only known survey on 12 April 1965.

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Bibliografia

  1. Escolà i Boada, Oleguer (1970).- “Catálogo Espeleológico del Montsec”. Espeleòleg (11-12):453-541. ERE del CEC. Barcelona.
  2. Borràs,J.;Miñarro,JM.;Talavera,F.(1979).-”El Pallars Jussà”. Catàleg Espeleològic de Catalunya (Vol.3):1-211. Ed Políglota.Barcelona.

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