The next stops on our #Outlander road trip were the #ClavaCairns, 4,000 year old standing stones surrounding ring cairns that inspired #CraignaDun and the #ClootieWell, where legend has it that if you dip a rag or “Clootie” into the well and hang it on one of the nearby trees, it has healing powers
Circle of large kerb stones of the original cairn located in the garden of a modern house built in 2021.
Cairn Irenan #ClavaCairn on the Black Isle north of Inverness in an area with 10 other ancient tombs nearby #TombTuesday #ClavaCairns
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The sheer scale of the Gask monolith can be seen when you stand close by #TombTuesday #ClavaCairn #ClavaCairns
The huge 3.4-metre-high pointed monolith outlying the main circle of the cairn
“An absolute gem… outstanding feature a 3.4m-high pointed monolith” Stone Circles book celebrating Gask #ClavaCairn south of Inverness #TombTuesday .. #ClavaCairns
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A stone circle on grassland with many of the rocks over a metre high. Mature broadleaved woodland forms the background.
What a story .... Stoneyfield (Raigmore) #ClavaCairn relocated by volunteers in 1970's to avoid A9 Dualling nr Inverness #TombTuesday #ClavaCairns
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The remains of a kerb cairn at the Clava Cairns - part of a Bronze Age cemetery near Culloden in the Scottish Highlands. 📸 My own. #TombTuesday #ClavaCairns #Prehistory
Cup-marked kerb stone of the north-east burial cairn at the Clava Cairns - a wonderful Bronze Age cemetery near Inverness in the Scottish Highlands. 📸 My own. #TombTuesday #ClavaCairns #Archaeology #Highlands
Clach is reul, ‘s an sàmhchair.
Na mionaidean a tha fhathast a’ fantainn.
Stone and star, and the silence.
The moments that still remain.
#ClavaCairns #MoodyScotland #GaelicVibes #DarkAcademiaTravel #HighlandHistory
A large outlying stone sits in the centre of the picture with three others in the background. The remains of the circle cairn can just be seen in the grassland.
Lagmore West, the remains of a #ClavaCairn near the confluence of the rivers Avon & Spey. Two other #ClavaCairns lie close by .. #TombTuesday
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Standing stone with the Ring Cairn in the background, Clava Cairns, Scotland
#pictureoftheday #clavacairns #scotland
Torbreck; a circle, SW of Inverness, with nine almost evenly spaced monoliths with the largest at 1.2m #StandingStoneSunday .... The southern R Ness catchment has the remains of five #ClavaCairns & this one circle.
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Half ‘driven through’, and with only one outlying tall stone there’s not much left of Moyness #ClavaCairn … yet still engaging #TombTuesday #ClavaCairns
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A part circle ring of large boulders in rough grazing with views of the Cairngorms in the background.
Tullochgorum #ClavaCairn, located close to a ‘group’ of nearby #ClavaCairns in Strathspey inc Avielochan, Grenish, and Aviemore ... #TombTuesday
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A winter’s tale at the Culloden Viaduct and the ancient whispers of Clava Cairns.
Tha Alba bòidheach anns an t-sneachd.
#scotland #highlands #cullodenviaduct #clavacairns #winterscotland
Centre picture; a large diamond shaped boulder on an area of raised ground in a field. A rough circle of stones rotates round from this large stone.
Little Urchany #ClavaCairn. It’s thought there were once two #ClavaCairns at this site SE of Cawdor, but now only bits of one remain #TombTuesday
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One of the three ancient Clava Cairns. The image shows a clearing in woods in dappled sunshine. There's a standing stone in the foreground and a rounded stone cairn beyond it, surrounded by large kerb stones. Other standing stones can be glimpsed around and beyond it.
One of the three ancient Clava Cairns that stand in a line five miles east of Inverness. Dating back some 4,000 years, they are less well known than their near neighbour Culloden battlefield, but every bit as evocative. More pics and info: www.undiscoveredscot...
#Scotland #ClavaCairns #Inverness
Long shadows of the trees in an early morning in October breaking up the sunshine at Clava Cairns, Scotland.
#pictureoftheday #clavacairns #scotland
Descubre la historia de #Escocia visitando el #BrochDunTelve 🏛️, una antigua torre de la Edad de Hierro, y los misteriosos #ClavaCairns 🌀, tumbas prehistóricas rodeadas de leyendas.
Un viaje al pasado lleno de magia. ¿Te lo vas a perder? 👉
A lone standing stone at Milton of Clava - a Bronze Age cemetery close to the more famous Clava Cairns in the Scottish Highlands. The stone may have been part of a larger stone circle. 📸 My own. #StandingStoneSunday #ClavaCairns #Archaeology #Prehistory
One of the three circular cairns at the Clava Cairns site. This one has no entry path to reach the inner ring.
#pictureoftheday #clavacairns #scotland
Standing stone at the Clava Cairns burial site, with an old wagon across the way in a farmer's field.
#pictureoftheday #clavacairns #scotland
Descubre la historia de #Escocia visitando el #BrochDunTelve 🏛️, una antigua torre de la Edad de Hierro, y los misteriosos #ClavaCairns 🌀, tumbas prehistóricas rodeadas de leyendas.
Un viaje al pasado lleno de magia. ¿Te lo vas a perder? 👉
I know it well #ClavaCairns
The half-hour walk along country lanes from @cullodenbattlefield was beautiful, and the #clavacairns were suitably mysterious. Fortunately,@sonyagz123 did not pull a #clairebeecham (#iykyk)
A tall standing stone with trees in the background
A standing stone split down the middle with each side pointing diagonal
A circular cairn of stones
A stone with barely visible Neolithic art
Clava Cairns, dated 4000 years old #scotland #clavacairns
Inverness and Edinburgh are both beautiful and bustling with life, full of charming corners and impressive monuments
#scotland #inverness #edinburgh #highlands #lochness #highlandcow #urquhartcastle #highlandcountryside #fortaugustus #beauly #clavacairns #greyfriarsbobby #museumofscotland
The Highland countryside and Loch Ness hold a special place in my heart, with their endless expanses of green grass and purple heather, breathtaking views and windy peaks
#beauly #clavacairns #greyfriarsbobby #highlandcows #highlands #urquhartcastle #beaulypriory #heather
