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Nairn Railway Viaduct Near Inverness

This carries the main line north/south to/from Inverness over the River Nairn. Another of those magnificent Victorian engineering achievements, the longest masonry viaduct in Scotland. I can count at least seventeen arches, but apparently there are 29.

It seems to be called the Nairn, Clava or Culloden Moor Viaduct.

I photographed it from the road leading to Clava Cairns:-

Railway Viaduct from Clava Cairns

Clava Cairns (ii)

See my previous post on Clava Cairns here.

Kerb Cairn:-

Kerb Cairn, Clava Cairns

One of the cairns:-

A Clava Cairn

A more mounded cairn:-

Another Clava Cairn

A tomb entrance:-

Clava Cairns Tomb Entrance

The ring cairn:-

Ring Cairn at Clava Cairns

Cairns towards back of site:-

Clava Cairns General View

Clava Cairns (i)

Clava Cairns is a site near Inverness containing the quite well preserved remains of prehistoric structures used for burials. It’s also very close to the Culloden battle site.

General view from entrance:-

Panorama, Clava Cairns

Cairn and Standing Stones, Clava Cairns

Looking back from inside site:-

Cairn and Standing Stone, Clava Cairns

A Clava Cairn

Cairn (with entrance hidden by standing stone above):-

One of the Clava Cairns

Interior of cairn:-

Interior of a Clava Cairn

Cup and ring marks:-

Cup and Ring Marks at Clava Cairns

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