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Bone Caves above Allt nan Uamh, Inchnadamph
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CEP - Ross and Cromarty
CE Palmar standing by Creag nan Uamh (Crag of the Caves) the caves in a limestone cliff, about 200 ft. above Allt nan Uamh - a tributary of the Loanan, near Inchnadamph, Assynt. Scanned from a slide taken by CE Palmar. Bones of brown bear, reindeer, lynx, arctic fox, wolf, and the skull of a polar bear have been identified dating back beyond the last ice age and the preceding two interglacial periods (middle and late Devensian) over 45,000 years ago. As one of the few limestone districts in Scotland, this valley is extremely popular with cavers. The Bone Caves themselves do not extend far into the hillside, but the entrance to the longest cave system in Scotland, the Uamh an Claonaite, is nearby. The caves are now an SSSI.
22 June 1975
Wheel House, Kilpheder
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CEP - South Uist
The iron age wheelhouse at Kilpheder, South Uist. The walls stood at their original height and for nearly two thousand years, the house was very well preserved under the South Uist machair. The wheelhouse was excavated in the mid 20th century. Once the sand was removed, much of the structure crumbled away. Today, very little of the original structure remains. Scanned from a slide taken by CE Palmar
17 July 1965
Sheep crossing causeway, North Uist
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CEP - North Uist
Sheep crossing the causway from the broch of Dun an Sticer on Loch an Sticir, North Uist. Scanned from a slide taken by CE Palmar. The date taken is approximate, but the month is correct.
10 July 1964
Prehistoric roundhouses, Cladh Hallan, South Uist
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Western Isles - South Uist
Cladh Hallan roundhouses, South Uist, dating from the late Bronze Age or early Iron Age, around the 1st century BC
25 May 2017
House sparrow, Skara Brae
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Orkney - Sandwick and Skara Brae
House sparrow (Passer domesticus) amongst the ancient buildings at Skara Brae, Orkney
15 May 2013
House sparrow, Skara Brae
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Orkney - Sandwick and Skara Brae
House sparrow (Passer domesticus) with food, evidence of breeding, Skara Brae, Orkney.
15 May 2013
Dùn Mòr broch, Vaul, Tiree
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Tiree - Vaul, Salum, Caolas and Gunna Sound
Remains of the Dun Mor (Dùn Mòr) broch at Vaul, Tiree, built in the first century AD as an emergency refuge, with a double wall 25 to 30 feet high, inside which was a staircase. It is thought that the occupants came from southern England and ruled the local people. In later years the ruins were used to make a farmhouse.
24 September 2013
Dùn Mòr broch, Vaul, Tiree
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Tiree - Vaul, Salum, Caolas and Gunna Sound
Remains of the Dun Mor (Dùn Mòr) broch at Vaul, Tiree, built in the first century AD as an emergency refuge, with a double wall 25 to 30 feet high, inside which was a staircase. It is thought that the occupants came from southern England and ruled the local people. In later years the ruins were used to make a farmhouse.
24 September 2013
Clickimin Broch, Lerwick
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Shetland - Lerwick
Clickimin Broch, dating from the Iron Age, occupies a well-defended site in Clickimin Loch, Lerwick, and is floodlit at night. In this picture it is 11.15pm and hardly dark, the simmer dim as it is known in Shetland.
17 July 2013
Dun Carloway broch, Lewis
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Western Isles - Lewis
Dun Carloway broch, Lewis. Brochs were built as hollow-walled defensive stone round houses, residences for powerful families, between 1900 and 2300 years ago, mainly in northern and western Scotland.
