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Photo Pages: Corrimony - Cairn in Scotland in Highlands
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Submitted by Andy B on Sunday, 11 August 2002 Page Views: 8148
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 Site Name: Corrimony Country: Scotland County: Highlands Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Inverness Nearest Village: Cannich
Map Ref: NH38303029 Landranger Map Number: 26
Latitude: 57.334371N Longitude: 4.687933W
Condition:| 5 | Perfect | | 4 | Almost Perfect | | 3 | Reasonable but with some damage | | 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site | | 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks | | 0 | No data. | | -1 | Completely destroyed |
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Ambience:| 5 | Superb | | 4 | Good | | 3 | Ordinary | | 2 | Not Good | | 1 | Awful | | 0 | No data. |
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Access:| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access | | 4 | Short walk on a footpath | | 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk | | 2 | A long walk | | 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find | | 0 | No data. |
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Accuracy:| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates | | 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map | | 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map | | 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village | | 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town | | 0 | no data |
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'Clave' type Cairn in Highlands. A passage grave constructed in the "Clava Cairn" style. It lies on the level flood plain of the River Enrick. It was excavated in 1952, when a crouched body was found in the floor of the chamber. It has been restored since then. The mound is built from water-worn stones and pebbles. A kerb surrounds the cairn, giving it an imposing appearance towards the entrance at the south-west. This alignment towards the midwinter sunset is common to other "Clava" passage graves.
The above picture shows the narrow entrance passage (complete with puddle!). The walls of this and the chamber are made with large "orthostats". Surrounding the cairn is a circle of eleven standing stones.
Access: In state care. Easy to find along the A831 in Glen Urquhart, west of Loch Ness. Signposted
The streaks of colour in the standing stones are outstanding (best seen in the hi-res images).
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 Corrimony submitted by LivingRocks
Cup marks in what is probably the displaced capstone.
 Corrimony submitted by LivingRocks
The exposed chamber.
 Corrimony submitted by LivingRocks
Overall view from the west.
 Corrimony submitted by wayland
Inner chamber now open to the sky.
 Corrimony submitted by andy_h
Corrimony Cairn, ne Inverness, Highlands.
 Corrimony submitted by andy_h
Cup marks in slab at Corrimony Cairn, nr Inverness, Highlands
 Corrimony submitted by andy_h
Inside Corrimony Cairn, nr Inverness, Highlands
 Corrimony submitted by andy_h
Outlying stones at Corrimony Cairn, nr Inverness, Highlands
 Corrimony submitted by steveco
Corrimony Chambered Cairn NH383303
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Re: Corrimony (Score: 0)
by Anonymous on Wednesday, 21 May 2003 | Not a bad Cairn open top, the stones around it are more interesting, great time to see it around sunset
in May. | [ Reply to This ]
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Re: Corrimony (Score: 0)
by Anonymous on Saturday, 29 August 2009 | | Andy, The passage at Corrimony is not aligned to the midwinter sunset, nor is it aligned to the setting minor standstill moon. As shown on my CD ebook and DVD, the watchers of the Dawn, It is in fact aligned to where the sun sets in early February and November, which also mark the times of the Gaelic festivals of Bride and Samhain. Dougie Scott. | [ Reply to This ]
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