Cnoc nan Uamh [Hill]

Assynt, Traligill, Sutherland.

NGR:	NC 27887 20415
WGS84:	58.13905, -4.92528
Length:	1750 m
Vert. Range:	83 m
Altitude:	221 m
Geology:	Limestone
Tags:	Other, SSSI
Registry:	second

The 'Knoll' or 'Hill of the Caves' containing the Cnoc nan Uamh cave system (Cnockers).

This is a generic reference to the hill of the caves. For details of the caves, see the Cnoc nan Uamh System. See also the separate entrances to this system; Uamh an UIsge, Uamh an Tartair and the Pothole entrance on the NW flank of the hill and the separate cave Uamh Cailliche Peiraig in the ravine on southwest of the hill.

John Home's estate map of 1774 records this as Cnoc Dhu.

Alternate Names: Cnoc nan Uamh, Cnoc an Uamh, Knoll of the Caves

Notes: Coordinates given are for the summit of the hill. There is no cave at this location.

Hydrographic Feeds: None

Hydrographic Resurgences: None

Links and Resources:

Caves of Assynt (1989), p. 33.
Caves of Assynt (2022), pp. 50-61.
Home, John, 1774, Survey of Assynt by John Home or Hume in 1774, No. 9 - Plan of the Farms of Ederahalda [Eadar a Chalda] and Kirktown [Kirkton].

This entry was last updated: 2023-01-20 12:19:58

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