Clava Cairn by Delfour
The Clava cairn of Delfour (also called Easter Delfair or Easter Delfour) is a Clava cairn near the A9 on the edge of a natural terrace overlooking the alluvial plain of the River Spey in East Delfour southwest of Aviemore in the Highlands in Scotland .
The Clava Cairn consists of an outer curb ring about 18.0 m in diameter, made of up to 1.2 m high boulders and a carefully built oval inner ring of 6.4 by 7.0 m made of stones from 0.45 to 0, 9 m high. Outside the curb rings there is an area with small stones (original feature, which has been enlarged by reading stones). There is very little stone material from the actual cairn . In the southwest of the outer edge of the curb there is a 2.65 m high and 1.55 m wide monolith and to the north of it is a 2.4 m long slab; these can be the remnants of the surrounding circle about 32.0 m in diameter.
literature
- Richard Bradley : The moon and the bonfire. An investigation of three stone circles in north-east Scotland. Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, Edinburgh 2005, ISBN 0-903903-33-4 .
- 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 .
Web links
- Description, location, pictures
- Entry on Clava Cairn by Delfour in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database
Coordinates: 57 ° 9 ′ 13.2 " N , 3 ° 54 ′ 45.2" W.