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The Bones Caves are actually a series of chambers and passages which have prominent entrances. They are developed within the limestones and dolomites of the Durness carbonates that crop out in the Inchnadamph area of Assynt. These entraces are part of a much larger system of passages, the biggest in northern Scotland, that continue at leat a kilometre south of the Uamh valley. Other, separate caves are found in the area, notably in the Traligill valley on the approach to Ben More. The Creag nan Uamh caves were excavated first by Peach and Horne in 1889 who made numerous finds of bones. The next main excavations by Callender and others followed in 1926. The nature of these finds gave rise not only to the general name of the site but also the designation of a Reindeer Cave and a Badger Cave (together with the main Bone Cave upon which Peach and Horne concentrated).
Bone cave.jpg
The Bones Caves are actually a series of chambers and passages which have prominent entrances. They are developed within the limestones and dolomites of the Durness carbonates that crop out in the Inchnadamph area of Assynt. These entraces are part of a much larger system of passages, the biggest in northern Scotland, that continue at leat a kilometre south of the Uamh valley. Other, separate caves are found in the area, notably in the Traligill valley on the approach to Ben More. The Creag nan Uamh caves were excavated first by Peach and Horne in 1889 who made numerous finds of bones. The next main excavations by Callender and others followed in 1926. The nature of these finds gave rise not only to the general name of the site but also the designation of a Reindeer Cave and a Badger Cave (together with the main Bone Cave upon which Peach and Horne concentrated).