Corrimony Chambered Cairn
Corrimony Clava Cairn
Early Bronze Age (2000 BCE)·Clava Cairn builders·🇬🇧 Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom
About
About Corrimony Chambered Cairn
Corrimony chambered cairn in Glenurquhart, a Clava passage grave with intact chamber, kerb and surrounding stone circle of eleven monoliths, excavated by Piggott revealing cremation and beaker sherds, now in Forestry Commission care.
Why it mattersSouthernmost Clava cairn bridging Moray Firth distribution
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Clava cairn solar alignment
- 02Why Beauly valley distribution
Theories
- 01Midwinter sunset alignment
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 2000 BCE
- Period
- Early Bronze Age (2000 BCE)
- Culture
- Clava Cairn builders
- Purpose
- Clava-type passage grave with kerbed cairn and 11 standing stones circle, burial and astronomical
- Excavation
- Excavated
c. 2000 BCE
Cairn and circle built
c. 1952 CE
Piggott excavation
On the ground
Structures & features
57.3330° N · 4.6830° W · 210 m · 3 mapped features
Central Chamber
chamberPolygonal chamber 3 m with corbelled cap
57.3332° N · 4.6830° WKerbed Cairn
cairn13 m cairn with graded kerb slabs
57.3329° N · 4.6829° WSurrounding Stone Circle
circle11 monoliths graded SW tallest
57.3335° N · 4.6832° W