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Clava Cairns

6 miles East of Inverness near Nairn, Inverness, Scotland

Featured Review : Standing stones and chambered cairns. Barrows and cists. Henges and hilltop forts. Cup-and-ring markings. Broches and crannogs: These are more than just the terms used by archeologists to categorize the prehistoric relic...See Full Review

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Clava Cairns Reviews

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Romanced by the Stones

  • 4 out of 5 stars by BawBaw from West Virginia, West Virginia
  • August 2, 2010
Romanced by the Stones
Quote: Standing stones and chambered cairns. Barrows and cists. Henges and hilltop forts. Cup-and-ring markings. Broches and crannogs: These are more than just the terms used by archeologists to categorize the prehistoric relics of Western Europe. For many... Read the full Clava Cairns review

From journal Seeking the Stones

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Clava Cairns

  • 4 out of 5 stars by Mary Porcher from New Haven, Connecticut
  • July 31, 2002
Clava Cairns
Quote: Just a short distance from Culloden, this sight is much older and more mysterious. There are three huge circular mounds of stones, surrounded by standing stone circles. The mounds have pathways leading into a bare center, with rocks piled all... Read the full Clava Cairns review

From journal Driving Northern Scotland

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Clava Cairns

  • 4 out of 5 stars by kpvincent from Edinburgh, United Kingdom
  • June 19, 2002
Clava Cairns
Quote: This kind of site is not always very exciting to the casual observer. Cairns appear to be simple piles of stones, but of course really they are tombs, which required a lot of effort on the part of the prehistoric people who constructed them. The... Read the full Clava Cairns review

From journal There's More to Inverness than Nessie

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Clava Cairns

  • 3 out of 5 stars by UPSCWRU from Dayton, Ohio
  • May 8, 2002
Clava Cairns
Quote: Clava Cairns is an ancient site (around 3000 BC) of what is believed to be local ceremonial significance. A number of standing stone circles exist here as well as two cairns where markings from the ancients are visible, if you know what you are... Read the full Clava Cairns review

From journal Driving Through Scotland

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Clava Cairns

  • 4 out of 5 stars by dawn from Chicago, Illinois
  • October 6, 2001
Clava Cairns
Quote: These Cairns date back to 4,000 years ago and are a group of passage graves that follow the river. Clava is unusual in that it is surrounded by a human-sized stone henge that appears to have mounded underground chambers that radiate to the stones.... Read the full Clava Cairns review

From journal Highland Fling in Inverness