Back and Forth Across the Pond

It's been over a month since Janet and Dave's visit, but I just discovered a few straggling photos that I hadn't posted here. A few are from Culloden Battlefield. We didn't actually tour the site, but I did take a few snaps from the visitor's center and during the drive there. There are also a couple of photos I took during our jaunt up to the Black Isle. Here is the viaduct that popped up quite a bit during the Clava Cairns post. This was one of the first pics I snapped of it, actually, as we made our way to Culloden Battlefield. The nearby munros (aka mountains) enjoyed a dusting of snow earlier in the week, and still boasted a few streaks of white. I took this shot from the battlefield's visitors' center. This is Leanach Cottage, which stands on the edge of the battlefield. It dates to the early 18th Century. During the Battle of Culloden, it was situated between the government lines and probably served as a field hospital. We plan to visi...

The prehistoric burial site, Balnuaran of Clava, or more simply known as the Clava Cairns, dates back to around 2000 BC. I've known about the site since we moved here last summer, but didn't actually get to visit it until Janet and Dave's visit. We had spent some time at the Culloden Battlefield visitor's center. The cairns were nearby, so we went to check them out. We kept getting glimpses of this viaduct as we made our way along the winding road. This scene with the River Nairn was particularly picturesque, so Steve stopped for me to make like a paparazzo. The Clava Cairns site consists of three burial cairns: Two passage graves and one ring cairn. Each cairn is ringed by a circle (or kerb) of standing stones. The cairns were emptied long ago, but would have been the final resting place of only one or two people. Considering the amount of work that went into the cairns and ring stones, these people must have been of great importance.  The setting amongs...