About Clava Cairns
The Clava Cairns are a remarkably well-preserved group of Bronze Age burial chambers dating to around 2000 BC, comprising three large cairns surrounded by rings of standing stones. The passage graves are aligned so the midwinter setting sun shines directly down the entrance passages — a deliberate piece of prehistoric engineering that still works today. The atmospheric site became famous as the inspiration for the fictional stone circle "Craigh na Dun" in Diana Gabaldon's Outlander novels, drawing fans from around the world. Despite its fame, the site remains quiet, free to visit, and largely unchanged for four thousand years.
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Getting There
From Inverness, take the B9006 towards Culloden. Clava Cairns is signposted just past the battlefield, down a short lane.