For many visitors, Clava Cairns is their first introduction to ancient Scotland. It’s conveniently located near Culloden battlefield, so if the saga of the Jacobites brings you that far, don’t miss this astounding site just up the road. The formal name of the site is Balnuaran of Clava, and the term ‘Clava Cairns’ actually refers to a type of funerary complex built in the Bronze Age that’s unique to the Moray Firth and Inverness region. There are about fifty such sites, but this is by far the mo

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