
Cova de la Font de Sant Llorenç
A tiny cave at Monjos (Alt Penedès), with two entrances, a narrow and irregular gallery, a rock bridge and a hole in the ceiling. A human skull and other bones were found there. Discovered by Antoni Massanell while widening a nearby crevice close to the spring.
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Cova de la Font de Sant Llorenç
A tiny cave at Monjos (Alt Penedès), with two entrances, a narrow and irregular gallery, a rock bridge and a hole in the ceiling. A human skull and other bones were found there. Discovered by Antoni Massanell while widening a nearby crevice close to the spring.
Santa Margarida i els Monjos · Alt Penedès
Sviluppo: 8 m · Profondità: 1 m
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A tiny cave at Monjos (Alt Penedès), with two entrances, a narrow and irregular gallery, a rock bridge and a hole in the ceiling. A human skull and other bones were found there. Discovered by Antoni Massanell while widening a nearby crevice close to the spring.
Topografia
Espeleoindex · CC BY-NC 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ · Immagine © del suo autore.
Foto
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Descrizione
Morfologia
Small cavity characterised by having two entrances.
The main entrance consists of a narrow vertical crevice that at the same time descends and turns to the left until a rock bridge that divides the gallery into two levels and connects with the second entrance.
The second entrance consists of a step that gives access through a crawlway to the main gallery in a NE direction and to a small, low chamber in a W direction.
The gallery has an irregular and very narrow structure, except for a rectangular space where a human skull and other bones were found. The authors of the excavation considered the possibility of another larger entrance that was covered by an embankment of materials fallen from the higher area. It has two entrances at its ends, and a small hole in the ceiling that opens to the outside.
Storia
Discovered by Antoni Massanell (one of the founders of the Museum of Vilafranca del Penedès) while widening a narrow crevice near the spring. We think this took place around the 1930s or 1940s.
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Bibliografia
- Giró, Pere (1947-48).- “Nuevos hallazgos arqueológicos en el Panadés”. Ampurias (IX-X): 253-268. Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya. Barcelona.
- Virella, J. (1978).- “Experiències a l'entorn de la localització d'estacions prehistòriques”. Miscel·lània Penedesenca (1): 241-269. Institut d'Estudis Penedesencs.
- Valles, Jordi de (2023).-”Alt Penedès, Baix Penedès, Garraf, Tarragonès”. Catàleg Espeleològic de Catalunya (Vol.7):508 pp. Espeleo Club Muntanyenc Barcelonès / Federació Catalana d'Espeleologia. Barcelona.
- Dades topografia i fotografies facilitades per Francesc Rubinat (ERE-CEC).
- Dades topografia i fotografies “JNC”, facilitades per Jordi Navarro i Montse Mañosa (Centre Excursionista de Castellar del Vallès).
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Fonte: Espeleoindex (espeleoindex.com), modificato. CC BY-NC 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
