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In La Vanguardia Readers’ Photos we have visited the group of cavities known as Ses Corts, very close to the mythical Morral del Drac in Sant Llorenç del Munt, truly a beautiful corner.
This balma is located on the Coma de la Abella cliff, under the vertical of the Petanta Rock, in the municipality of Matadepera, in Vallès Occidental. Access, from the Northwest of La Mola, is made by going down the Canal de la Coma de l’Abella, at the height of the Cova or Morral del Drac.
As indicated in the Cultural Heritage Maps, it is a set of seven cavities located in a perfectly horizontal stratum of the cliff, with a façade width of 250 meters. Two of them, located in the central area and the one located to the west of the cliff, are the most notable and allow you to remain standing.
The central cave has significant depth, with natural lighting. The mouth is wide, easy to access. Inside, it has “a kind of natural bench that runs along the entire bottom of the cavity, and, on the right hand side, a natural sink with an important stalagmitic flow that covers it.”
The cavity located to the west has a significant length, with a very wide hall where two central columns seem to divide the large hall into three independent rooms, but once inside they interrelate with each other.
Although standing is possible in the entrance hall, as you enter the interior, the ceiling, although part of the same stratum, becomes increasingly lower. In the vestibule the rock appears everywhere and the power of the stratum is low, while towards the interior it seems that it is more important.
According to the municipal catalogue, several authors speak of the existence of dry stone walls about two meters high that closed and protected the cave. It could have served as a shelter for livestock.
The Ses Corts cave complex is classified as an archaeological area to be protected, but no archaeological finds have ever been made yet. What could be found?
