📌 Culloden, Highland
★★★
Only a mile away from the famous and poignant Culloden Battlefield is another monument, this time from an era over 3,500 years further back in history. There are three burial cairns at Clava, placed roughly parallel to each other; other cairns and standing stones nearby suggest that they were part of a larger cemetery. Two of the main trio have intact (though roofless) passages into the central chamber which you can still explore, and one of the stones inside the western cairn sports several ancient cup markings. Both passages are cleverly aligned with the midwinter sunset, which is mirrored by the heights of stone circles around each cairn: the tallest stones are on the southwestern side of the circle.
🌍 Location
📌 By minor road 1 mi southeast of Culloden Battlefield
🧭 O.S. Grid Reference: NH 758445
🛰️ GPS coordinates: 57.473506,-4.073204
❌ No public transport within 1 mi. Nearest bus stop is on B9006 at Cumberland Stone (just over 1 mi)
🚗 Car park
📝 Key info
⌚ Always open
🎫 Free
