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Publication 1990 64763 BoneCaves.qxp 8/9/08 15:10 Page 1 Fox's Den Saobhaidh Sionnaich Gu Innis nan Damh 1.5 mìle BoneCave Uamh nan Cnàmhan Ionad Àlaich an Èisg Reindeer Cave Eas } Beinn nan Uamh nan Rèin-fhiadh Cnàimhseag 568 Crò-chaorach Fuaran Allt Badger Cave A nan Uamh llt na n U Uamh nam Broc am h Pàirc Chàraichean Àirighean UAMHAN Gu Ceangal an Leathaid Mhòir 2.5 mìle N The significance of the Bone Caves is recognised by their designation as an Ancient Monument by Historic WE Scotland and as a Site of Special Scientific Interest by Scottish Natural Heritage. Please respect this important site. Tha Uamhan nan Cnàmh air an ainmeachadh le Alba Eachdraidheil mar Làrach Eachdraidheil agus le There is a good 2km/1 mile path from the car park at the fish hatchery to the Bone Caves but it Tha ceum math 2 chilimeatair/mìle a dh'fhaid a' dol bho phàirc nan càraichean aig ionad-àlaich Dualchas Nàdair na h-Alba mar Ionad de Shuim does go over some rough and steep ground so please take care at all times. Similarly, though the an èisg gu Uamhan nan Cnàmhan ach tha e caran garbh is cas ann an cuid de dh'àitichean Shònraichte Shaidheansail, airson cho cudromach agus caves' entrance chambers may be examined standing up, care should be taken at the rear of agus feumaidh duine a bhith faiceallach fad na h-ùine. Cuideachd, faodaidh duine na sheasamh Reindeer Cave where it drops down to a crawl way. sùil a thoirt air beul nan uamhan ach bi faiceallach aig cùl Uamh nan Rèin-fhiadh far am feum thu a tha iad. Measaibh iad prìseil. a dhol air do mhàgaran. Field vole (identification not confirmed) Hare Mammals Northern lynx Northern vole (identification not confirmed) Mamailean Otter Arctic fox Sionnach geal Ox Famhalan feòir (dearbhadh neo-dhaingnichte) Arctic or Collared lemming Lemming geal Rat vole Pig Geàrr Badger Broc Reindeer Polar bear Lioncs Tuathach Bank vole Famhalan bruaiche Stoat Rabbit Famhalan Tuathach (dearbhadh neo-dhaingnichte) Brown bear Mathan donn Tundra vole Biast dhubh Common shrew Dallag fheòir Water vole Damh Weasel Muc Wild cat Mathan bàn Wolf Famhalan radain Coineanach Wood mouse Rèin-fhiadh Neas Famhalan tundra List of Species recorded from excavations at the Bone Caves Famhalan uisge (compiled by Tim Lawson in 1996) Neas bheag Cat fiadhaich Madadh allaidh Luch choille Cathan Liosta de ghnèathan air an claradh à cladhaich aig Uamhan nan Cnàmhan Barnacle goose Breacan-beithe (air a cur ri chèile le Tim Lawson ann an 1996) Chaffinch Lach bheag dhubh Common scoter Lach mhòr Eider duck Feadag bhuidhe Eile Golden plover Feadag ghlas Grey plover Colcach bheag Little auk Lach bhinn Fish Iasg Frog Losgann Long tailed duck Tunnag fhiadhaich Natterjack toad Mallard Eala bhàn (this is from an old record but the Muile-mhàg an druim bhuidhe ('s ann às seann chùnntas a tha seo, Mute swan Tàrmachan material is not available to check) ach chan eil an stuth ri fhaotainn gus Ptarmigan Buthaid Salmon or trout Toad dearbhadh a dhèanamh) Puffin Cearc fhraoich Man (two separate sets of remains) Bradan no breac Red grouse Lach bheag Muile-mhàg Teal Lach sgumanach Duine (dà dhust eadar-dhealaichte) Birds Tufted duck Glas-lach Eòin Others Wigeon Loch an Inbhir Innis nan Damh These four north facing Bone Caves of the Inchnadamph National Nature Reserve look out from the base of the limestone Creag nan Uamh over the Allt nan Uamh glen. At the head of the glen, the ancient calving grounds Ulapul Inchnadamph of the reindeer are seen on the slopes of Breabag. Bone Caves Reindeer Cave and Bone Cave are connected by a narrow Geàrrloch i passage which children can crawl through. INVERNESS The caves give us a unique glimpse back in time revealing © Wendy Price Cartographic Services INBHIR NIS Uamhan nan Cnàmhan what animals lived here during the last 45,000 years. From The Bone Caves are situated 4km/2 miles south of Inchnadamph on the A837. arctic polar bears and northern lynx, many different Tha Uamhan nan Cnàmhan 4 cilimeatair/2 mhìle deas animals have left their mark on the Bone Caves of Creag air Innis nan Damh air an A837. Innis nan Damh nan Uamh. Join us on a journey to explore their fascinating Scottish Natural Heritage Dualchas Nàdair na h-Alba history. North Highland Area Sgire Creann a Tuath 17 Pulteney Street na Gaidhealtachd ULLAPOOL 17 Sràid Pholtananaidh Wester Ross ULAPUL IV26 2UP IV26 2UP t: 01854 613418 fon: 01854 613418 f: 01854 613419 facs: 01854 613419 Lioncs The Inchnadamph Bone Caves skull/Claigeann Working with Scotland's people to care for our natural heritage Lynx Uamhan nan Cnàmhan, Innis nan Damh Ag obair còmhla ri muinntir Alba airson ar dualchas nàdarra a ghleidheadh Bàn Lynx/Lioncs, Mathan Tha na ceithir uamhan chnàmhan ann an Tèarmann Nàdair Innis nan Damh a' coimhead gu tuath Cnàmhan, bho bhonn Creag nan Uamh a-null thar gleann Allt nan Cnàmh. Tha Creag nan Uamh air a dèanamh de nan Claigeann chloich-aoil. Aig ceann a' ghlinne chithear seann àitichean breith nan rèin-fhiadh air leòidean Bhreabaig. Tha trannsa cumhang a' ceangal Uamh nan Rèin-fhiadh agus Uamh nan Cnàmhan agus gheibh clann air a dhol Photography/Dealbhan Lorne Gill/SNH, Neil McIntyre, Laurie Campbell, Alan Ross, Pete Cairns, David troimhe air am màgaran. Skull/Samhail Bell/ECOS, Bryan & Cherry Alexander Photography, Jan Breckenridge, British Geological Survey © NERC. Caves/Uamhan Bone fragment photographs/Dealbhan phìosan de chàmhan Bear Tha na h-uamhan a' toirt dhuinn sealladh gun shamhail air na beathaichean a bha an seo thar nan 45,000 © The Trustees of the National Museums of Scotland Bone Text/Teacs Clare Belshaw Polar bliadhna mu dheireadh. Eadar am mathan bàn agus lioncs a' chinn a tuath, tha iomadh beathach eadar- A’ Ghàidhlig le Catriona Moireach of Maps/Mapaichean Wendy Price Cartographics dhealaichte air làrach fhàgail ann an Uamhan nan Cnàmhan. Thig còmhla rinn air turas inntinneach gus beagan Design/Deilibh Eleanor Meikle & Kelly Stuart (SNH) Model Inchnadamph fhaighinn a-mach mun eachdraidh aca. Compiled by/Air a chur ri chèile le Alex Scott/John Charity (SNH) ISBN 1 85397 414 5 cover: JTCP5k0808 Printed on environmentally friendly paper cover: Clò-bhuailte air pàipear a tha taiceil dhan àrainneachd Back Front 64763 BoneCaves.qxp 20/8/08 02:11 Page 2 Bear bones Ancestral burials During a visit in 1925, another well-known geologist, J E Cree, The most exciting finds were found in Reindeer cave, including the Ceumannan ann an eachdraidh found the incisor tooth of a bear and two pieces of reindeer first human remains. A human skull, with both upper and lower antler in one of the other caves. He returned the next year jaws missing was found in a small stone enclosure, which Nuair a ghabhas tu an ceum cas, lùbach gu uamhan nan cnàmhan, tha thu with his colleagues Callandar and Ritchie to suggests a burial. A second burial was found in the narrow a' gabhail ceum còmhla ris an luchd-rannsachaidh as fheàrr a tha againn. excavate the caves we now know as Badger crack at the back of the cave. These bones were found in a A rèir aithris, nuair a bha Ben Peach ag obair san Iar Thuath, bhiodh e ag Cave and Reindeer Cave. confused heap, lightly covered with cave earth. Bones of four obair anmoch ach bhiodh e a' gabhail latha dheth às gach trì airson a people have been radiocarbon dated to between 4515 and This excavation was more thorough than dhol a dh'iasgach. 'S dòcha nach deach leis ro mhath oir chan eil 4720 years old. An object made from red deer antler has Peach and Horne's 1889 dig. They found lochan idir ann an gleann Allt nan Uamh; cha mhòr gu bheil been dated as 850 years old. pieces of frog, land snails and the lower jaw abhainn fhèin ann ach lorg Peach agus Horne, na of a wildcat. Later tests with smoke proved that Nearly 1000 fragments of reindeer antler have been found and geòlaichean ainmeil, rud a bha pailt cho Bear Cave was connected to Reindeer cave, but these have been aged at 47,000, 25,000, 23,000 and 8,300 cudromach. there is no passageway to link the caves today. years old. The antlers were from female and young male reindeer, Nuair a bha iad a' sgrùdadh geòlas na sgìre, which suggest that the slopes at the head of the glen might have been feumaidh gun tàinig iad thairis air uamhan their calving grounds. nan cnàmhan aig Creag nan Uamh agus, ann an 1889, rinn iad na h-uiread de In the footsteps of history chladhach aig beul tè aca agus lorg iad pìosan de chnàmhan bheathaichean Cnàmhan mathain Adhlacaidhean When you follow the steep and winding path to the bone caves, you are treading in the footsteps of Lorg J.E. Cree, geòlaiche ainmeil eile, clàr-fhiacaill Chaidh na rudan a b'inntinniche a lorg ann an Uamh nan Rèin-fhiadh agus nam measg bha cuid de some of our best known explorers. mathain agus dà phìos de chròic rèin-fhiadh ann an na bha air fhàgail de dhaoine. Chaidh claigeann duine, às aonais nan giallan, a lorg air làrach le It is said of Ben Peach that, when working in the Northwest, he would work long hours, but would take tè de na h-uamhan eile ann an 1925. Thill e còmhla ri balla cloiche timcheall air. Bidh e coltach gun robh e air a thìodhlacadh an seo.
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