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Clava Cairns – Culloden Viaduct loop from Balloch

Clava Cairns – Culloden Viaduct loop from Balloch

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Clava Cairns – Culloden Viaduct loop from Balloch

02:28

52.2km

530m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 10, 2026

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Start point

Bus stop

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25.0 km

Scones and View of the Bridge Over the River

Highlight • River

29.1 km

View of the Culloden Viaduct

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Culloden Viaduct, also known as Culloden Moor Viaduct, Clava Viaduct and Nairn Viaduct, is a double-track railway viaduct crossing the river Nairn. This is the longest masonry viaduct in Scotland …

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46.8 km

Clava Cairns

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Clava cairns are a localized form of Late Neolithic megalithic structures in Scotland. Twelve of these only about 50 artificial round mounds are in the county of Inverness-shire. The best …

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47.0 km

Balnuaran of Clava

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4000 year old burial cairns

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47.7 km

Culloden Viaduct

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Designed by Chief Engineer Murdoch Paterson and built by the Highland railway the impressive 29 arches of the Culloden viaduct that stretch over the valley and River Nairn really is …

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48.2 km

The River Nairn rises in the Monadhliath Mountains of the Scottish Highlands. From here it flows 35 miles northeast through Strathnairn, passing Culloden Moor, site of the Battle of Culloden in 1746, before entering the Moray Firth at Nairn.

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49.2 km

View of Culloden Viaduct

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52.2 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

46.2 km

4.33 km

728 m

546 m

372 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

43.2 km

8.61 km

198 m

181 m

Elevation

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Monday 18 May

18°C

7°C

94 %

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Clava Cairns – Culloden Viaduct loop from Balloch

Scones and View of the Bridge Over the River

Forest Pathway Near Inverness

View of the Culloden Viaduct

Clava Cairns

Balnuaran of Clava

Culloden Viaduct

River Nairn

View of Culloden Viaduct

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