Corrimony Chambered Cairn

Corrimony is a circular cairn in Glen Urquhart, built from rounded stones and edged with a kerb of larger slabs. A low passage reaches its central chamber, which originally had a corbelled roof. Eleven standing stones surround the mound, and a large cup-marked slab lying above it is thought to have capped the roof. Excavation found traces of a crouched burial, probably a woman, below part of the stone floor, while a bone pin was recovered elsewhere. The passage faces south-west, resembling the arrangement at Clava, but a specific astronomical alignment has not been established. Comparison with Clava-type monuments suggests construction around 2000 BC; this is an inferred date rather than a precise scientific measurement for Corrimony. Its surviving architecture shows how burial chambers, cairns and stone circles could be combined within one carefully planned monument. Period: Prehistoric; probably around 2000 BC by comparison with Clava cairns Grid reference: NH 3830 3030 Protection: Source: Historic Environment Scotland, https://www.trove.scot/place/12256 (Open Government Licence). Contains Historic Environment Scotland data licensed under the Open Government Licence; source compiler retained per record. Banner photo: "Corrimony Chambered Cairn and Standing stones by Corrimony - geograph.org.uk - 1877293" by Sarah McGuire, via Wikimedia Commons, licensed CC BY-SA 2.0.