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This is the memorial site of The Clan Fraser of Lovat who was involved in the Battle of Culloden, a complex political, religious and belief-based campaign that took place on April 16, 1746.

The geological subsoil of the Black Isle consists predominantly of Old Red Sandstone. But not here. In the south-eastern corner of the peninsula there is a band of conglomerate under the Kessock Bridge extending north to Munlochy Bay. Ord Hill is part of this material (conglomerate) and is exposed at this point.

The monument is easy to spot across the moor from the visitor centre. There are good surfaced paths to walk across to the cairn.

The large monument can be easily spotted across the battlefield and reached by the many paths.

In St Mary's Well, near Culloden Battlefield, the injured soldiers bathed their wounds. You can spend some time here and leave a piece of fabric today to fulfill a wish.

The Clava Cairns near Inverness have a 4,000 year old history that you should take your time and let it sink in. The place has a stark energy. Fortunately, the flow of visitors is limited, so you can still have peace and quiet for the most part. It is a grave complex that was built from stone mounds, each of which is surrounded by free-standing stone circles.

Not far from Inverness, and free parking area. Well worth seeing these large cairns, and there are information boards explaining their history.

At Balnuaran of Clava itself there is a group of three Bronze Age cairns which lie close together in a line. The tombs are of the passage grave sub-type. The central cairn is of the ring cairn sub-type, and uniquely has stone paths or causeways forming "rays" radiating out from the platform round the kerbs to three of the standing stones. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clava_cairn