Cova del Pou

Known since time immemorial.

The oldest data from a description of these caves are due to the Piarist P. Calonge, who visited them on 12 July 1885 and made a careful description, as well as naming each cavity with a particular name: Temple, Pou, Bressol and Forats.

They were later visited by Font i Sagué and by Almera, without much publicity. This came from Marià Faura i Sans, who on 14 September 1907, accompanied by Dr. Colomines, his nephew Timoteu Colomines (then president of the Club Muntanyenc) and the owner of Mas Guineu and of the land where the caves are located, made a visit, leaving a record of the writings by P. Calonge.

For years the caves have been visited by many people (especially the Cova del Temple, as it is the most accessible), some without many scruples when it came to maintaining their integrity.

It was not until the summer of 1973 that members of the GE Pedraforca became interested again and made a topographic survey of the four cavities, naming them Coves de les Esplugues and numbering them from 1 to 4, from the westernmost to the easternmost.

Finally, F. Cardona published in 1989 a documented work on the complex of cavities, with new surveys and other data, the product of visits made with colleagues from the Espeleo Club de Gràcia.