Clava
Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
Site Name Clava
Classification Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Clava Cairns
Canmore ID 14280
Site Number NH74SE 5
NGR NH 75950 44614
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Croy And Dalcross (Inverness)
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Inverness
- Former County Inverness-shire
NH74SE 5 7594 4461.
(NH 7594 4461) Stone Circle (NR) (Remains of)
OS 6"map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1906)
This possible Clava-type cairn (Henshall 1963), in the Clava cemetery group, in the centre of a flat field beside the River Nairn, is now completely removed except for a single standing stone, 6'6" high. It was in this state when listed by Fraser (1884) as the remains of a stone circle.
J Fraser 1884; A S Henshall 1963.
As described.
Visited by OS (W D J) 25 April 1962.
Field Visit (April 1979)
Mains of Clava, North-west (INV 40) * NH 759 446 NH 74 SE 5
A single standing stone 1.8m high is all that now remains of what was probably a Clava
cairn.
RCAHMS 1979, visited April 1979
(Henshall 1963-72, i, 382)
