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Historical sites & artifacts

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Guwɔɔᵏ Cɔɔs, an ancient rock overhang was used as a natural shelter by Temiars several times in their history.

Guwɔɔᵏ Taaᵏ Kabɛl, a cave at the Píɲcơơŋ River that was named after an ancestor who died there. (Credit: Rapi)

An old tree stump, of a tree felled at Sigaŋ to make a swidden. (Credit: ˀIdrís ˀAsod)

A logging road going through the old swidden of Papan. (Credit: ˀIdrís ˀAsod)

The site of the old swidden of Calyɛx, that was bulldozed for a logging yard in 2012.

Pʹrawas Hill, the home of two ancestors, Taaᵏ Kʹrundơŋ and his son Taaᵏ Tukaŋ.

The site of Biraax, an old dwelling on the central ridge.

A great tree stump at Saɲɛɛn, an old swidden on Sơid Mountain.

The old swidden at Sʹlipɔɔh, south of the Bərtax River.

The site of Taaᵏ ˀAmpís’ home at Saɲyal, where he was also laid to rest, is revered by the Temiars because of their ancestor’s status as a powerful halaaᵏ.

The old dwelling of Pʹcơh, which later became an army landing point, called Poɲ Braboh.

The old swidden of Gɛrhaar, in the Upper Puyan region.

The tree stumps of great mahoganies cut down by Taaᵏ ˀAmpís, a hundred years ago, still remain at Gɛjgííjwɛɛd.

The site of the old swidden of Gɛjgííjwɛɛd, in the Upper Puyan region.

The site of the old swidden of Jaŋrax, in the Upper Puyan region.

Tree stumps at Kʹmíɲam, the old swidden they cut while living at Canaŋ.

The old site of Canaŋ.

The old swidden of Rʹsɛɛm, in the Upper Puyan region.

The old swidden of Sʹlɛmnam, in the Upper Puyan region.

The old swidden of Papan, in the Upper Puyan region.

The old swidden of Kalaŋ, in the Upper Puyan region.

The old swidden of Maŋgəs, in the Ragas River region.

The old swidden of Bʹkah, in the Ragas River region.

The old swidden of Siruy, in the Ragas River region.

The old swidden of Jɛrsɛɛp, in the Píɲcơơŋ River valley.

The old swidden of Pinaŋ, in the Píɲcơơŋ River valley.

The old swidden of Lɛrwɛɛr, in the Píɲcơơŋ River valley.

The old swidden of Sʹmaliyɛx, in the Píɲcơơŋ River valley.

A great tree stump still stands at Sumyaŋ, that was cut down with the adze. (Credit: Rapi)

The old swidden of Bʹlukar, in the Lower Puyan valley.(Credit: Wahab ˀAlʉj)

The old swidden of Kʹjɛl, in the Lower Puyan valley. (Credit: Wahab ˀAlʉj)

The old swidden of Pʹrəᵏ, in the Bʹlaˀəər River valley. (Credit: Wahab ˀAlʉj)

The old swidden of Puŋgəŋ, in the Bʹlaˀəər River valley. (Credit: Wahab ˀAlʉj)

The old swidden of Jʹrɛntaaɲ, in the Lower Puyan valley.(Credit: Wahab ˀAlʉj)

An unexploded iron bomb, found at Sʹrijơơh, when it rolled onto the logging road.

Cannon shells found by Temiars after the attacks.

ˀAnyɛh Pʹdiᵏ points to a bomb crater at Sʹrijơơh.

The inside of the cave at Rɛnipuy, where the Puyan Temiars took shelter, is spacious and dry. (Credit: Johan ˀAlʉj)

Kʹmaraaᵏ Cave, where Jaaᵏ ˀAndơᵏ died. (Credit, two pictures: ˀIdris ˀAsod)

Capơg Cave, where Temiars of the Bʹlaˀəər River took shelter during the aerial bombing.

Temiars of Píɲcơơŋ with the wreckage of the crashed RAF Dakota, pictured in 2010, before ﬂoods washed it away. (Credit: Rapi)

Below: The crash site after the ﬂoods of 2014. (Credit: Rapi)

The old swidden of Ranah, that became a British army landing point in the 1950s.

The site of the camp where the Temiars were gathered at Ranah.

Army ration tins still remained on my visit in 2014.

ˀUda Siyam stands in a former army dug-out.

Evidence of the old swidden at Lawaar, wild secondary growth.

Evidence of the old swidden at Lawaar, a tree stump of a tree felled by adze.

Rubber tappers’ knives of the 1960s.

A rambutan tree that was planted at Lɛŋraaŋ, in the 1970s.

The graveyard at Lɛŋraaŋ, used for burials in the 1970s.

The old swidden at Bʹrawɛɛɲ, reused in recent years.

The stump of a tree cut down by Taaᵏ Ramơy, at Tapơŋ, in the 1970s.

Latif ˀAbaaɲ points to jerry cans left by the army on the summit of Pʹnaŋơw mountain.

The aluminium frame of the clinic still stands at Gɔɔb.

The memorial stone laid by the British Army, in 1968.

The remains of the clinic at Jɛnɛɛs.

The structural frame of the clinic at Kʹləəd still survives.

The resting place of Taaᵏ Kʹlusar.

Fruit trees at Tagơɲ, which have survived around 50 years, are part of the Píɲcơơŋ kin group’s sakaaᵏ.

A tree stump stands at the old swidden of Sapɛd, where rice was planted in the 1970s.

Durian trees at Sʹmaliyɛx.

The graveyard at Tanjuŋ.

A great jiyɛɛs tree at the old village of Kʹləəd. (Credit: Gawíín)

Subsidy homes at Pos Gɔɔb. Only 2/12 villages were given them. (Credit: Johan ˀAlʉj)

Rolls of pipes are delivered for installing in a gravity water system. (Credit: ˀAnɛl)

A water treatment pump station in disuse. (Credit: Johan ˀAlʉj)

A Health Ministry visit in progress.

A ﬂying doctor helicopter lands at Kajaax, in 2016. (Credit: ˀAnɛl)

A helicopter run by the ﬁre service, lands at Pos Gɔɔb in 2021, to deliver aid. (Credit: ˀAnɛl)

People wait at the Pos Gɔɔb landing zone to receive their food aid packages. (Credit: ˀAnɛl)

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