Moles de Xert (, es, Muelas de Chert) is a long mountain range in the Baix Maestrat comarca, Valencian Country,

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. Its highest point is Mola Gran (806 m). The other main summits are ''Mola Murada,'' a breast-shaped hill, ''Moleta Redona'' and ''Mola Llarga''. These mountains have very original shapes, topped by regular rocky outcrops resembling castles or fortifications. They are frequently covered in

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in the winter. Moles de Xert

The main mountain, Mola Gran, has been disfigured on the southern side by a stone quarry that left a very visible scarred surface with a large

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. There are remains of an ancient Iberian Ilercavones settlement in the Mola Murada. Wildlife, like

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and

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, is abundant in these lonely mountains.

Location

This mountain chain rises above the town of Xert and right to the NE of Serra de l'Espadella, east of the

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mountains of which they could be considered foothills.José Quereda Sala, ''Les Moles de Xert,; Análisis Geomorfológico''
The abandoned villages of

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and Fontanals are located in these mountains.

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El País Valencià poble a poble; comarca a comarca - El Baix Maestrat
{{Mountain ranges of the Iberian System Mountain ranges of the Sistema Ibérico Mountain ranges of the Valencian Community Baix Maestrat

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