Cova del Penitent

Balma de Granera (Moianès) with remains of a hermitic construction, south-facing, 44 m wide and 9.5 m maximum depth.

Granera • Moianès 10m

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Cova del Penitent

Balma de Granera (Moianès) with remains of a hermitic construction, south-facing, 44 m wide and 9.5 m maximum depth.

Granera · Moianès

Sviluppo: 10 m

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Balma de Granera (Moianès) with remains of a hermitic construction, south-facing, 44 m wide and 9.5 m maximum depth.

Caratteristiche

Tipo: Grotta
Comune: Granera
Regione: Moianès
Unità: Farell, el - Cingles de Gallifa
Sviluppo: 10 metri
Profondità: 0 metri
Unità principale: Serralada Prelitoral
Litologia: Arenaria
Aggiornato su EspeleoÍndex: 30 ottobre 2020

Località

In the SE of the municipality of Granera, east of the farmhouse of Salvatges, at the foot of a small cliff located on the hydrographic right of the torrent de la font de la Teula.

Starting from Castellterçol we will take the road to Granera. Shortly after kilometre 2, an unpaved track leaves on the left, though further on it is paved. We will pass several turnings; we must head towards the farmhouse of Salvatges. At a certain point, the track – now unpaved – passes beside a large water tank. We will leave the car here; the farmhouse is some distance below the tank. We will continue on foot for about 180 m along the same track we came from, to leave it on the left, climbing the slope until we find the cavity, which is only about 20 m from the track.

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Cova del Penitent
Quota: 885 m
41.717086, 2.095005
UTM 31T (ETRS89) 424719 4618761
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Descrizione

Morfologia

The rock shelter is 44 m wide with a maximum depth of 9.5 m. South-facing, from it a beautiful landscape is contemplated. The western half is the most habitable, the place where we find a construction of which only parts of the walls are preserved. It consists of a chamber with interior dimensions 6.4 x 3.2 m with a ceiling height of around 2.3 m. It seems it would have been an important construction, since some walls are almost one metre thick and remains of a rendering on the interior walls are preserved. The smoke-blackened ceiling indicates the place where the kitchen would have been.

In the middle of the rock shelter there is a large block fallen from the ceiling that divides the cavity in two. The ceiling of the rock shelter is strongly conditioned by the stratification planes, almost horizontal.

Altri dettagli

The name of the cavity appears labelled on the ICC map, but it places it considerably further east than the place where it really is. Despite all this, the cavity has gone unnoticed by speleologists and does not appear in any speleological catalogue.

Catalogued by members of the Espeleo Club Muntanyenc Barcelonès and of the Grup d'Espeleologia de Badalona who visited it at the end of July 2020.

Storia

It is said that a hermit had lived there, known as Peret de les Monges, who wanted to be a saint. Surely he must have been a good man, since the bell-ringer of Castellterçol, Nasi Codina, called him “the living saint”, and the blacksmith Lluís Burés explained that ”if anyone has to go to heaven, only en Peret would go”.

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Bibliografia

Totes les dades, topografia i fotografies han estat extretes del web: geb.cat (del Grup d'Espeleologia de Badalona). Apunt del 10-8-2020. Dades: Ferran Cardona (ECM Barcelonès), Josep Cuenca i Xavier Samarra (GE Badalona).