Standing stones
in Inverness-shire.

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Inverness-shire

Clava, Corrimony and a Jacobite's cairn.

The stones of Inverness-shire span four thousand years. On a wooded terrace above the River Nairn, east of Inverness, the Clava Cairns are a prehistoric cemetery of round cairns ringed by standing stones. In Glen Urquhart, Corrimony is a passage grave of the same age, ringed by stones and remarkably well preserved, with much of its passage roof still in place. Far more recent is a roadside cairn in Glenmoriston, where Roderick Mackenzie was killed in 1746. He looked like Bonnie Prince Charlie, and his death helped the Prince escape. Pair Corrimony with a day in Glen Urquhart, and see Clava early or late, when the light is low.

Stone circle of the day17 hours ago

Clava Cairns.

A prehistoric cemetery of cairns and standing stones about 4,000 years old, on a wooded terrace above the River Nairn just east of Inverness.

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From the magazine8 hours ago

Issue 12Spring / Summer 2026

The Clava Cairns near Inverness, built around 2000 BC, are lined up with the midwinter sunset, and their stone circles helped shape the look of the television series Outlander.

The Bronze Age burial chambers combine standing stones and ring cairns more than 4,000 years old. Their careful alignment with the midwinter sunset gives an insight into the beliefs of Scotland's ancient inhabitants. Thousands of years later, the ringed cairns and the circles of standing stones around them informed the visual identity of the widely watched time-travel drama, and Clava has become a popular place to visit in recent years. For a quieter visit, the ring cairn at Corrimony is also 4,000 years old. Archaeologists found that a single woman was once buried inside, but who she was remains a mystery.

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Standing stones4 hours ago

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.