076 Cuvia del Campo (Cueva del Portón)
Enaso VN50649650 Alt. 242m Length 78m Depth 7m (connection with site 1403 needs surveying)

Updated 12th December 1999; 21st January 2001; 14th January, 25th February 2007; 29th January 2010; 1st February, 3rd October, 5th November 2011

A portion of major passage now half filled with sediment and calcite. The cave is about 18m wide at its widest point and chokes with calcited debris and sediment. Digging possibilities were investigated at the start of 2007 but the site is seen as a long-term effort. The main passage length is about 60m. Down on the right at the entrance, past high tension cable insulators, a small discrete passage heads south for about 15m but becomes narrow with calcite. This was excavated early in 2007, following a draught, and linked with site 1403 near the pool at the base of the entrance slope.
Also in 2007, various bones and pottery were documented. An annotated survey positioning these items can be seen here. Pieces of black pottery found in an eroded stal basin about half way along the north side of the main passage have similar marking to a series of pots from Cueva AER in Soba.
Bats were seen roosting in December 2009.

References: Fernández Gutiérrez et al, 1966; Corrin J S and Smith P, 1981; material in file; anon., 1999b (Whit logbook); anon., 1999c (logbook); anon., 2006f (Christmas logbook); anon., 2007a (February logbook); Corrin Juan, 2007a; anon., 2011e (autumn logbook)
Entrance picture : yes
Underground picture(s): entrance  formations 1  2  3  4  5  6

Digital photos, January 2007 by Juan Corrin with Penny Corrin
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December 2009, including bats : July 2011 : October 2011
Video: Easter 2010 : wmv (2Mb) : mpg (6Mb) : summer 2011
Archaeological items: February 2007
Detailed Survey : 1:1000 (old)
1:500 (1999, with site 1403)
1:500 2007, showing link with site 1403 (pdf)
2007, with archeological annotations
Line Survey :
On area survey :
Survex file :yes