Cova Miserachs

The first exploration of which there is a record is the one carried out by J. Abad and D. Oriol of the now-defunct SIRE of the Unió Excursionista de Catalunya (Horta), carried out on 22 September 1968. On the other hand, in 1968 Josep de la Vega already published an article about the cave in the magazine Pyrenae, where the same survey appears that years later would be published in the magazine Senderos; this survey was made by J. Abad and J.M. Sanmartí. Later, in 1970, the ERE of the CEC published in Espeleòleg no. 10 a new survey of the plan and sections of the cave.

The name of the cave is given by the surname of the tenant farmer of the farmhouse at that time: “Miserachs”. This fact seems not to be well regarded by the owners of the can Mata del Racó farmhouse, and there are those who have proposed changing its name to “cova de Can Mata del Racó”; this name, however, is relatively modern, since the farmhouse dates from the 15th century and was originally called Mas de Mata. Changing the name would also represent a serious problem, because this cave is profusely documented at an archaeological level as it is a Neolithic site. It can be consulted on the web of the Generalitat de Catalunya patrimoni.gencat.cat