Culburnie

Nearest town:
Inverness (17km ENE)
OS reference:
NH491418
OS sheet:
26
Latitude:
57° 26' 29.25 N
Longitude:
4° 30' 52.07 W
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Images

Image of Culburnie (Clava Cairn) by thesweetcheat

The lovely 7ft monolith on the SSW side of the circle.

Image credit: A. Brookes (22.10.2013)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Jan 1, 2014
Image of Culburnie (Clava Cairn) by gloriamundi

From
“ON CUP-MARKED STONES IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF INVERNESS.
WITH AN APPENDIX ON CUP-MARKED STONES IN THE WESTERN
ISLANDS. BY WILLIAM JOLLY, F.S.A, SCOT., H.M. INSPECTOR OF
SCHOOLS, INVERNESS.”
8TH MAY 1882

gloriamundi
gloriamundi Jul 25, 2005
Image of Culburnie (Clava Cairn) by greywether

The centre of the cairn has beeen much mucked about but still retains some kerbstones.

greywether
greywether Jun 12, 2005

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Culburnie

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Erik the Red Feb 1, 2005

The Ring Cairn is in good condition, with 8 stones of an original 9 still standing in the 70 ft diameter circle, but due to its close proximity to a house; it does loose some of the atmosphere which other circles invoke. The stones grade in size towards the s-sw, with the largest stone measuring 8ft x 3ft. The ruined cairn (5 ft at its highest point) has managed to aquire a rather large tree growing inside. It is hard to see what damage might have been done as yet by root growth; but needless to say some savage pruning might be in order to prevent further harm befalling this once majectic site. Situated by the side of the road but at bottom of someones garden, possibly the best rockery in the British Isles.

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