Type of site:
Cave
Place of location: Sopeña-Noja
Village/Town: La Cárcoba
Municipality: Miera (Cantabria)
Region: Cantabria
State: Spain
Telephone: +34 942 539 819 / +34 628 60 4715
Website: https://www.vallespasiegos.org/turismo/que-ver-y-que-hacer/que-ver-y-que-hacer2/item/7-cueva-sope%C3%B1a-salitre-ii-miera
Natural Environment:
The cave is at the foot of a large limestone hill, with hardly any vegetation, surrounded by meadows and barns, west of the River Miera.
Archaeological evidences in the site:
The middle course of the River Miera has a large number of Palaeolithic and Mesolithic sites. In the immediate surroundings of the cave, there is Salitre Cave (closed for conservation reasons), El Collado, El Llerao and El Rascaño.