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Balnuaran of Clava

    Culloden, Highland


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Looking south out of the South-West passage cairn at Clava, near Inverness. The stone to the right of the passage contains several cup-mark carvings.
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Looking from the South-West passage cairn towards the Ring Cairn and the North-East passage cairn.
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The North-East passage cairn from outside the surrounding ring of stones.
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The North-East passage cairn.
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The central Ring Cairn. The stone in the foreground is "connected" to the kerb of the cairn by a radiating bank, as are two others of the nine stones which encircle the cairn.
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Stones surrounding the ring cairn.
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Stones surrounding the ring cairn.
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Stones surrounding the ring cairn with the northeast passage cairn in the background.
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Stones surrounding the ring cairn with the northeast passage cairn in the background.
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Looking from the ring cairn along a radial embankment to a distinctly red standing stone.
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The ring cairn with the northeast passage cairn in the background.
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A cup-marked kerb stone in the ring cairn.
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Stones surrounding the northeast passage cairn.
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Stones surrounding the northeast passage cairn.
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The northeast passage cairn.
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Stones and platform at the northeast passage cairn.
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Decorated kerb stone in the northeast passage cairn.
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Decorated kerb stone in the northeast passage cairn.
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Stones surrounding the northeast passage cairn.
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Inside the northeast passage cairn.
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Inside the northeast passage cairn, looking out along the passage to the southwest.
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Inside the northeast passage cairn.
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Stones surrounding the southwest passage cairn.
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Stones surrounding the southwest passage cairn with the ring cairn in the background.
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Stones surrounding the southwest passage cairn.
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The cairns at Balnuaran of Clava give their name to the whole class of clava cairns.

This cemetery consists of a number of solidly constructed ring cairns and passage cairns with kerbs and surrounding stone circles.


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Find Balnuaran of Clava (or the nearest known site) at the Megalithic Portal

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