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Forat de la Boira

Forat de la Boira

Small interstitial cavity in the Fondal de Valldellós (Mediona), in a chaos of limestone blocks of archaeological interest. The Forat o Cova de la Boira has 43 surveyed metres and three entrances.

Mediona • Alt Penedès 43m

Small interstitial cavity in the Fondal de Valldellós (Mediona), in a chaos of limestone blocks of archaeological interest. The Forat o Cova de la Boira has 43 surveyed metres and three entrances.

Caratteristiche

Località

The fondal de Valldellós was formed by the collapse of a limestone cliff that has created an exceptional chaos of blocks, among which a multitude of small concavities have formed, of little speleological value but of archaeological interest.

The whole site is dominated by two singular elements, l'agulla de Valldellós, a monolith that presides over the fondal, and el pas dels lladres o de la guineu, which, forming a concealed channel, allows the cliff to be easily overcome.

Characterised archaeologically as an eremitic-cultural cave nucleus, it is a spot resulting from the decomposition and retreat of the cliff, where a tumbling of blocks creates a small labyrinth of passages and dens.

The Cova de la Boira is located in the NW sector of l'Agulla de Valldellós, a short distance from the Cova Barramon and the Cova de la Rasa.

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  1. Forat de la Boira

    Quota: 605 m

    41.456278, 1.619066
    UTM 31T (ETRS89) 384664 4590330
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Descrizione

Morfologia

The so-called Forat o Cova de la Boira (or de la Cuina) is one of those with a more “caveman-like” appearance. With a surveyed route of 43 metres, it has three entrances, one of them a ramp, the second in the form of a 4-metre shaft-step and the last like a narrow squeezebox. The whole ensemble, walls, ceiling and floor, is an accumulation of piled-up blocks that deserve the adjective chaotic.

Altri dettagli

Although conditions do not appear favourable for permanent troglodytic habitation, the fact is that numerous pieces from prehistoric times (Neolithic and Bronze) and from the early Christian era have been collected inside the small “almost” caves that open beneath the blocks.

Storia

The fondal de Valldellós is already mentioned in 1928 in an itinerary of the Centre Excursionista Rafel de Casanova (at that time it was called Fondal de Clivelleres).

In 1956, Pere Giró mentions a donation of archaeological material made by Josep Lloret to the Museu de Vilafranca del Penedès.

But it is not until 1975 that, three members of the Agrupació Excursionista Talaia (Vilanova i la Geltrú) (J. Alegret, M. Pàmies and J. Virella), rediscover the site, and from 1978 until 1986 the area was the subject of an important archaeological intervention by the Associació d'Estudis Científics i Culturals de Mediona.

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Bibliografia

  1. Coll, J.M.; Molina, J.A.; Roig, J. (1995).- “El fondal de Valldellós (Mediona, Alt Penedès): Un nucli eremític-cultual en cova del s. V”. Miscel·lània Penedesenca (20): 169-183. Institut d'Estudis Penedesencs.
  2. Rafecas, Eduard (1995).- Mediona. Guia d'esports d'aventura. 76 pp. Ajuntament de Mediona.
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