Clava Cairns

  • Near Inverness, IV2 5EU

 

Getting here

Clava Cairns

6m east of Inverness. Signposted from the B9091, 300 yards east of Culloden Battlefield.

Parking available.

Please be aware that there is a vehicle weight restriction of 17 tonnes on the access road.

Grid reference - NH 752 439

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Opening times

Open year-round.

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Facilities

An aerial view of Fort George.

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Fort George
A red stone cathedral in good condition in front of a blue sky

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Fortrose Cathedral
A faint boar carving on a greenish stone wall

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Knocknagael Boar Stone
Aerial view of Ardclach Bell Tower

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Ardclach Bell Tower
A beautiful stone carving

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Hilton of Cadboll Chapel
A tomb with a carved man on top by a window at Beauly Priory

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Beauly Priory
A general view of Urquhart Castle and Loch Ness.

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Urquhart Castle
A view of Ruthven Barracks on a winter morning

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Ruthven Barracks
The round, now uncovered Corrimony cairn seen from above, with a passage leading outside the cairn visible

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Corrimony Chambered Cairn
A field with some slight elevation covered in grass and a few stones

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Cnoc Freiceadain Long Cairns
A well preserved stone cairn on a grassy landscape

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Grey Cairns of Camster
A grassy hill dotted with several small standing stones. Their grey is a nice contrast from the green and purple heather that surrounds them.

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Hill o'Many Stanes
The remains of a chambered burial cairn of Neolithic date

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Cairn o'Get
Several standing stones that are part of Tomnaverie Stone Circle

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Tomnaverie Stone Circle
A celtic cross in front of a small stone house

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Lindsay Burial Aisle
A very large block of sandstone into which a Neolithic burial chamber has been cut

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Dwarfie Stane

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