Due to the sloping layers to the north of the Porta sandstone in the Wiehengebirge can only be seen on the south side below the ridge. This is about at the height of the monument forecourt. If you go from there to the west, where once the well-known trail "Wolfsschlucht" led to Wittekindsburg, one reaches after about 600 meters, a cave with two openings.Here Porta sandstone was mined.Clear traces of craftsmanship can be seen, such as scraps that is, oblique lines, chiseled with the chisel, also lines similar to a herringbone pattern, then quadrangular depressions, which once bore beams.
The cave can easily be climbed over a rope and offers a pleasantly cool climate in summer.
Source (barkhausen-porta.de/Portasandstein.htm)

Since a landslide in 2013 is warned before entering the Wolfschluchtweges. A committing is allowed.
!Danger!
Currently, the construction work blocks the eastern access. It can only be reached via a short, steep section from the monument.
(May 2018)

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Boguslawa

April 9, 2021

Unfortunately we didn't see any wolves, so we took ours with us.

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Kasmucki

July 9, 2018

Impressive cave along the way, nice path and beautiful forest

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Location: Porta Westfalica, Kreis Minden-Lübbecke, Detmold District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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