Clava Cairn by Culdoich

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The Clava cairn of Culdoich lies in the flat fields of the valley, northwest of the hamlet Culdoich, between the railway line Highland Main Line and the River Nairn east of Inverness in the Highlands in Scotland .

The outer curb of the Clava Cairns is irregular and consists of split stones and boulders and has a diameter of about 17.1 m. It is complete except for small gaps, except on the south side, where a gravel pit destroyed the side of the cairn . The curb stones are about 0.85 m high on the southwest side and shrink to about 0.3 m on the other side. The round, inner enclosure is approximately 6.6 meters in diameter and is made of split stones, which excavations have found to be up to 1.5 meters high. The cairn material was removed to a height of about 0.3 m.

A single preserved stone of the surrounding stone circle is a 3.6 m high slab that slopes outwards and stands 8.1 m from the curb on the southwest side. On the outside there are two small bowls ( English cupmarks ) towards the base . A curb on the southeast side also has two markings on the outside. A stone on the west side may also be marked, but too irregular and weathered.

The excavation of the Clava Cairns by Cludoich, which is located in the southwest of the main group, did not reveal any dating evidence. Nearby is the outgoing Clava Cairn Milltown of Clava.

literature

  • John Barber, Ian D. Mate: A Fallen Stone at the Ring Cairn of Culdoich, Clava, Inverness. In: Glasgow Archaeological Journal. Vol. 9, 1982, pp. 31-37, JSTOR 44811146 .
  • Richard Bradley : The Good Stones. A new investigation of the Clava Cairns (= Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. Monograph Series. 17). Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, Edinburgh 2000, ISBN 0-903903-17-2 , pp. 12, 162, 164, 166, 168, 178 and 183.

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Coordinates: 57 ° 28 '1.4 "  N , 4 ° 5' 1.4"  W.