
What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Clava Cairns as General View (period Unassigned). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 100m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Clava Cairns is a Neolithic chambered cairn complex dating to approximately 2000–2500 BCE. It is significant as part of a distinctive group of early Bronze Age funerary monuments in the northern part of the British Isles, often associated with passage tombs and standing stones.
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Places near here
ClavaCup Marked Stone (prehistoric) · 1 yd
Balnuaran of Clava, South-westChambered Cairn (bronze Age), Cup and Ring Marked Stone(s) (neolithic) - (bronze Age), Stone Circle (bronze Age) · 536 yd
BallagganCruck Framed Cottage (post Medieval) · 545 yd
Drummore of ClavaFarmstead (period Unassigned) · 596 yd
Culloden Battlefield, InvernessNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 1757 yd
Culloden Battlefield Visitor CentreMuseum · 1.0 mi
Old Leanach CottageHeritage attraction · 1.1 mi
MackintoshMemorial · 1.2 mi
CampbellMemorial · 1.3 mi
Culloden ForestWood · 1.8 mi
Saddle HillMountain / peak · 1.8 mi
Beinn Bhuidhe BheagMountain / peak · 2.2 miOther information
Photo: Anne Burgess · CC BY-SA 2.0