5380 x 3573 px | 45,6 x 30,3 cm | 17,9 x 11,9 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
2008
Ubicazione:
Clava Cairns Cantray Inverness Highland Region
Altre informazioni:
The Clava Cairns - or more correctly Bulnaraun of Clava - is one of the best preserved Bronze Age burial sites in Scotland. There are three cairns here, two with passage ways aligned to the Midwinter sunset, and all with more subtle features, incorporated to reflect the importance of the South-west horizon. The cairns are thought to date from the late Neolithic period, and this type of cairn seems to be a style developed in this part of Scotland, which are collectively known as Clava Cairns. Unlike the larger Neolithic tombs found in other parts of the country, it seems that the tombs at Clava were not used over a long period of time for a large community, rather evidence suggests that they were preserved for more elite members of a tribe. Perhaps a ruling caste or priesthood. A Clava ring cairn, on a river terrace, consisting of a circular bank of small stones c 14 m diameter round a central space 5 m diameter. One kerbstone is visible in the W arc. Note the massive standing stone (2.74 m high) in the SW and the other stones which are the remains of the surrounding stone circle. Nine stones can be traced: 5 standing, 1 in the wall, 1 leaning and 2 fallen. C 9m to the SE of the largest stone are 2 upright slabs which may be the remains of another monument
