one of a series showing the walk from A837 to Inchnadamph Bone caves in Assynt, North West Scotland

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The 'Bone Caves' of Inchnadamph contain relics of Eurasian Lynx, Brown Bear, Arctic Fox, Reindeer dated to as long ago as 47,000 BP, the only evidence of Polar Bears so far found in Scotland, and human skeletons dated to the 3rd millennium BC. The skeleton of a bear thought to be 11,000 years old or more was removed from the caves in 2008. The bones had originally been found by cavers in 1995 deep within the Uammh an Claonaite system Inchnadamph is a hamlet in Assynt, Sutherland, Scotland. The name is an anglicisation of the Gaelic name Innis nan Damh meaning 'meadow of the stags' The Moine Thrust runs through the area, which is a mecca for geologists. Car park is on on the A837 between Elphin and Inchnadamph

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Size: 4287px × 2848px
Location: Assynt, Wester Ross, The Highlands of Scotland, UK, Europe
Photo credit: © Robert Kerr / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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