#clava cairn

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The Clava cairns, 3 sizable stone burial chambers encircled by stone monoliths, are erected in Scotland, a kilometer from Culloden The Most Famous Megalith on Historystack

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Clava Cairn in winter near Nairn, Scotland Not far from the battlefield of Culloden are late Stone Age and early Bronze Age cairns surrounded by rings of tall standing stones. The Clava Cairns date from 1800 to 1500 BC and are believed to be of special religious significance. These are part of a group of some 45 very distinctive cairns in northern Inverness-shire, all called Clava Cairns after the location  where they were first studied.

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Loch Nan Carraigean Clava Cairn 

The Clava cairn is a type of Bronze Age or Neolithic circular chambered tomb cairn, named after the group of 3 cairns at Balnuaran of Clava, to the east of Inverness in Scotland. This neolithic cairn dated c. 4000-2401 BC is near Loch nan Carraigean. It is 56 feet in diameter, has a kerb and a couple of recumbent megaliths. The interior is mostly intact with visible chambers. Over the centuries, a pine tree grew out of the middle of the cairn.

photo by Jim Knowles