Tartair (Uamh an) [Cnoc nan Uamh]

The arch seen at a distance is the trifling Cave of Roaring, (E.E. Roberts 1937).

Despite this description above, a small hole at the right hand side of the second of the two obvious chambers leads through a tightish squeeze into a sometimes flooding stream chamber. Beyond this stream either through one of three low wet crawls (only passable in extremely dry weather) or a dry crawl near the top of the rubble slope to the right leads to one of the largest cave systems in Assynt.

Cave of Roaring.-1939. Mr. W. Fairbank in the second chamber broke a way through into a considerable cavern with a burn which must be above the Cave of Water. Rigg had previously been down the great slab in the latter.

Inchnadamf. - 1947. Mr. A. L. Butcher and a Sheffield University party explored ... the Cnoc nam Uamh caves, of Water and Roaring, they worked upstream and found the series ends in a huge pool in a chamber at least 200 ft. long.

1952. - Marshall and Stoney ... visited the Inchnadamff Cave of Roaring and cleared up the mystery. [What mystery?] Probably the connection between Uamh an Tartair (cave of the Roaring) and Uamh an Uisge (the Waterslide)

The stream level in wet weather can sometimes be dangerous often blocking the route further into the cave. It the levels are dubious on arrival do not enter. Rising levels may not block the exit but can make crossing the stream an extreme risk as the water flow could carry unwary cavers into the flooded passages downstream.

The Gaelic word 'tartair' translates literally as roaring but this is also the main entrance to the Cnoc nan Uamh System.

For details of the upstream sections of the cave including length and vertical range, see Cnoc nan Uamh System.

For downstream sections see Pothole Entrance and Uamh an Uisge (aka The Waterslide).

Links and Resources:

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Fuller, l., Baker, A., Fairchild, I. J., Spotl, C., Marca-Bell, A., Rowe, P., & Dennis, P.F., 2008, Isotope hydrology of dripwaters in a Scottish cave and implications for stalagmite palaeoclimate research
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Moseley, Gina (2005), A Study into the Microclimatology of Shatter Cave, southwest England with comparison to Uamh an Tartair, northwest Scotland, presented to the British Cave Research Association.
Proctor, C.J., Baker, A, Barnes, W.L. & Gilmour, M.A., 2000, A thousand year speleothem proxy record of North Atlantic Climate from Scotland.
Ross, Shan, Scotsman, 16 June 2015, Ullapool cave stalagmites reveal historic secrets
Spötl, Christoph, University of Innsbruck, Austria, c. 2008, How to "calibrate" speleothem proxy data: a critical review.
Science Daily, June 15, 2015, Remote cave study reveals 3000 years of European climate variation.
Sasowsky, I.D. & Mylroie, John (eds), 2007, Studies of Cave Sediments: Physical and Chemical Records of Paleoclimate, p. 162.
Trouet, Valerie, 2020, Tree Story: The History of the World Written in Rings.
YRC Committee (1938) Cave Exploration. Yorkshire Ramblers' Club Journal Volume 7 Number 23: pp79-88. Leeds: YRC.
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YRC Committee (1949) Cave Exploration. Yorkshire Ramblers' Club Journal Volume 7 Number 25: pp266-277. Leeds: YRC.
YRC Committee (1954) On The Hills. Yorkshire Ramblers' Club Journal Volume 8 Number 27: pp79-82. Leeds: YRC.
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This entry was last updated: 2023-01-20 12:20:21

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NGR:	NC 27620 20595
WGS84:	58.14056, -4.92994
Length:	Not recorded
Vert. Range:	Not recorded
Altitude:	221 m
Geology:	Limestone
Tags:	Cave, SSSI
Registry:	main

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