Clava Cairns - Outlander

Clava Cairns, dating back 4,000 years, is the inspiration for the legendary television series - Outlander.  These prehistoric standing stones have been well preserved and contain a Bronze Age set of graves and passages. 

Craigh Na Dun are the Outlander standing stones that swept Claire back in time to 1743, where she falls in love with the Jacobite, Jamie Fraser.  This idea was based on the Clava Cairns.   One of the burial chambers contains a split stone, so be careful if you are passing through and the stones begin to ‘buzz’ – proceed with caution if you want to stay this side of 1743!

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Clava Cairns features on our Scottish Castles and Loch Ness tour.

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Clava Cairns features on our Secret Loch Ness and Cawdor Castle tour.

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Thistle Excursions are a bus tour operator which departs from Invergordon. This is the perfect location for visitors on touring cruise ships stopping in the Cromarty Firth at the port of Invergordon. Our Invergordon bus tours are the prefect way for tourists and sightseeers to get a true taste of the Highlands of Scotland. Our bus tours which leave from Invergordon feature some of the best Highland locations; Loch Ness, Culloden Battlefield, Inverness, Beauly Priory, Black Rock Gorge, Clava Cairns, Cawdor Castle, Urqhuart Castle, Carnegie Whisky Cellar and Balblair Distillery. Check out our Highland bus tour destinations page to choose which sights you want to see. Our bus tours have been chosen to allow you to see the most iconic destinations featured in numerous films, TV shows and rich Scottish History. So if you are looking for the perfect sightseeing tour of the Highlands, Thistle Excursions is your tour operator.

We also offer tailormade bus tours of the Highlands from Invergordon and Inverness.

When booking your tour please choose carefully which castle you wish to visit. Either Cawdor, Urquhart or Dunrobin. You can visit one on your tour but when doing the Cawdor visit you will see Urquhart beside Loch Ness in the background, but you do not visit both.  Time does not allow.