Culloden Viaduct – Clava Cairns loop from Newlands of Culloden
Culloden Viaduct – Clava Cairns loop from Newlands of Culloden
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Culloden Viaduct – Clava Cairns loop from Newlands of Culloden
02:37
56.6km
420m
Road cycling
Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.
Last updated: June 21, 2026
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After 54.0 km for 127 m
Waypoints
Start point
Bus stop
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12.0 km
View of Inverness Airport
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15.4 km
Dolphin Sculpture and Viewpoint, Ardersier
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43.1 km
Stone Benches at Kirkton of Bareven
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53.2 km
Culloden Viaduct
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53.9 km
Clava Cairns
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Set within a circle of megalithic curbs is the mound of crushed stone, reminiscent of the layout of later Breochs. Inside is the round chamber formed by megaliths, to which a fenced corridor leads. Clava cairns are regularly surrounded by an outer stone circle that surrounds the cairn at a distance of 10-15 meters. The tiered stones of this circle, formed of relatively few stones, are at their greatest height opposite the approach to the cairn, which faces south-west. These features also appear on the Bronze Age ring cairns that occur in the same area. Therefore, it is assumed that the structural similarity points to a contemporary origin. Another context is with the stone circles on the River Dee, which are also tiered in height.
The cairns of the Balnuaran of Clava are flat and therefore, unlike the Corrimony Cairn, the passages are uncovered. Corrimony is a well-preserved specimen, set in a circle of eleven standing stones at Cannich, a few miles west of Loch Ness. A stone with cup and ring markings is also found here. Some of the stones on the grounds at Clava in Lagmore West and at the Cairn of Gask also have cups. Avielochan, about 17 km north-east of Grantown-on-Spey (Morayshire) and "Cairn Irenan", seven km north-north-west of Dingwall (Ross-shire) are more difficult to recognize specimens of the clava type because of vegetation.
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54.0 km
Balnuaran of Clava
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54.7 km
River Nairn
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56.6 km
End point
Bus stop
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
55.2 km
942 m
408 m
< 100 m
< 100 m
Surfaces
40.5 km
15.6 km
274 m
198 m
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Elevation
Highest point (170 m)
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