
What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Balnuaran of Clava, North-east as Chambered Cairn (bronze Age), Cup and Ring Marked Stone (prehistoric), Stone Circle (bronze Age). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Chambered cairn and stone circle dating to the Bronze Age (circa 2000–800 BCE), associated with ritual or funerary practices. The site is part of the Clava cairn group, significant for their well-preserved kerb cairns and satellite stone circles in the northern Scottish landscape.
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Places near here
Clava CairnsNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 73 yd
Balnuaran of ClavaBank (earthwork) (period Unassigned) · 75 yd
Balnuarin of ClavaCup and Ring Marked Stone (neolithic) - (bronze Age), Kerb Cairn (bronze Age) · 109 yd
Clava BridgeRoad Bridge (period Unassigned) · 427 yd
Clava LodgeHotel (period Unassigned), Hunting Lodge (period Unassigned) · 488 yd
Culloden Battlefield, InvernessNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 1268 yd
Old Leanach CottageHeritage attraction · 1490 yd
MackintoshMemorial · 1746 yd
Mixed ClansMemorial · 1.0 mi
Culloden ForestWood · 1.5 mi
Culloden WoodForest · 2.0 mi
Saddle HillMountain / peak · 2.0 miOther information
Photo: Sandy Gerrard · CC BY-SA 2.0