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The stone cairn at Corrimony with its low passage entrance, green fields and trees beyond.
Inverness

Corrimony Chambered Cairn

A 4,000-year-old passage grave in Glen Urquhart, ringed by standing stones and remarkably well preserved, with much of its passage roof still in place.

Welcome

Far up Glen Urquhart, among birch woods and green fields, a low round cairn of stones sits within a ring of standing stones.

Corrimony is a passage grave, built around four thousand years ago, and it is one of the best preserved of its kind.

It belongs to the same family as the famous cairns at Clava, near Inverness, and is built the same way: a heap of stones with a narrow passage running into a burial chamber at its heart. But here, unlike at Clava, much of the passage roof still stands, so you can see how the builders closed it over. There may have been a settlement nearby.

It is a peaceful spot, often empty, and free to visit at any time of year. Combine it with a drive through the glen towards Loch Ness.

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Before you go

The cairn is open all year and free to visit.

Where
Corrimony, Glen Urquhart, IV63 6TW.
Age
About 4,000 years.
Open
All year, free.

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Where it is

At Corrimony in upper Glen Urquhart, off the A831 west of Drumnadrochit.

Close byGlen Urquhart.
  1. The RSPB's weathered wooden sign for Loch Comhnard at Corrimony, the loch beyond among young birches and moorland under a blue sky, with wind turbines on a far hill.RSPB CorrimonyAn RSPB nature reserve of open moorland and old Caledonian pinewood at Corrimony.Under a mile 1 min by road
  2. Oil burner and dried petals beside "Grounded" book on a windowsill tableMade in the GlenSoaps and watercolours made in the glen.3 miles 4 min by road
  3. Loch Ness Centre building with a green Nessie sculpture in the car parkThe Nessie Hunter9 miles 12 min by road
  4. The Loch Ness Centre building, dated 1882, with twin gabled towers and window displaysThe Loch Ness Experience9 miles 13 min by road
  5. Salad plate, pint and menu on a pub table with tulipsThe Tomich Hotel9 miles 12 min by road
  6. Ruined stone tower of Urquhart Castle seen through autumn foliage on Loch NessUrquhart CastleThe castle on Loch Ness.11 miles 18 min by road
Directions
Tringa's long turf-roofed log walls on the hill, foxgloves in flower in the grass below.StruyTringa at Eagle BraeSleeps 2 · 4.7 miles
Sylvia in sunshine: a log cabin with a pale gable and oak door, whisky barrels along its gravel yard and a birch beside.StruySylvia at Eagle BraeSleeps 2 · 4.7 miles
Strix on its green slope in summer, the turf roof and deck among birch and oak, the hill behind.StruyStrix at Eagle BraeSleeps 2 · 4.7 miles
Parus on its slope at dusk above bluebells in the grass, its gable windows lit.StruyParus at Eagle BraeSleeps 2 · 4.7 miles
Cinclus on its slope among spring birches, the hills of the glen behind under a blue sky.StruyCinclus at Eagle BraeSleeps 4 · 4.7 miles
Certhia on its ridge: a two-storey log cabin of great notched logs under a turf roof, steps up to the door.StruyCerthia at Eagle BraeSleeps 4 · 4.7 miles
Ardea through old birch trunks, its turf roof and railed deck mirrored in the pond below, ferns in front.StruyArdea at Eagle BraeSleeps 4 · 4.7 miles
Loxia beyond its pond among spring birches, the cabin mirrored in the water under a blue sky.StruyLoxia at Eagle BraeSleeps 6 · 4.7 miles
Buteo, a long turf-roofed log cabin on level ground, a log picnic table in the grass before it and the hill behind.StruyButeo at Eagle BraeSleeps 6 · 4.7 miles

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Stay nearby

Places to stay near the cairn, and when each is next free.

From above, Aquila's turf-roofed log cabin and wrap-around deck on the edge of the ridge, the glen stretching away in autumn colour.Aquila at Eagle Brae
  • Sleeps 6
  • In Struy
  • 5 miles from Corrimony
Check datesTringa's long turf-roofed log walls on the hill, foxgloves in flower in the grass below.Tringa at Eagle Brae
  • Sleeps 2
  • In Struy
  • 5 miles from Corrimony
Check datesSylvia in sunshine: a log cabin with a pale gable and oak door, whisky barrels along its gravel yard and a birch beside.Sylvia at Eagle Brae
  • Sleeps 2
  • In Struy
  • 5 miles from Corrimony
Check datesStrix on its green slope in summer, the turf roof and deck among birch and oak, the hill behind.Strix at Eagle Brae
  • Sleeps 2
  • In Struy
  • 5 miles from Corrimony
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