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Clava Cairns is a Bronze Age ceremonial complex located near Balnuarin in Nairnshire, Scotland, comprising a series of cairns and associated monuments arranged across the landscape. The site consists of multiple burial cairns distributed at varying distances from the principal location, together with a barrow and standing stone that form part of the wider funerary and ritual landscape. Dating to the Bronze Age, the complex represents a significant example of prehistoric burial practice in northern Scotland, with the clustered arrangement of cairns suggesting sequential use or ritual significance spanning considerable time. The monuments demonstrate the investment in monumental construction during the Bronze Age, reflecting both the social status of those interred and the importance of the location as a burial ground for a community or lineage.
Clava Cairns, cairns 70m, 170m NE of and 210m, 460m ENE of, barrow 270m NE of, and standing stone 395m NE of Balnuarin is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM90074. View the official record →
Clava Cairns is a Bronze Age ceremonial complex located near Balnuarin in Nairnshire, Scotland, comprising a series of cairns and associated monuments arranged across the landscape. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM90074.
Clava Cairns, cairns 70m, 170m NE of and 210m, 460m ENE of, barrow 270m NE of, and standing stone 395m NE of Balnuarin dates from the bronze age period, and is classified as a cairns 70m, 170m ne of and 210m, 460m ene of, barrow 270m ne of, and standing stone 395m ne of balnuarin. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Clava Cairns, cairns 70m, 170m NE of and 210m, 460m ENE of, barrow 270m NE of, and standing stone 395m NE of Balnuarin is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic Environment Scotland — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Scotland. The official designation reference is SM90074.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Culdoich, chambered cairn and standing stone 620m S of (1.6 km), Daltullich House, enclosure 245m NE of (3 km), Mains of Daviot Farm, ring cairn and stone circle 600m NNE of (4.5 km).
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