Clava cairns of Aviemore
There are three Clava cairns in or near the Scottish Highland town of Aviemore. All three were described by Caleb George Cash, an honorary fellow of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society, in 1906.
Delfour stone circle
The stone circle is south-west of Aviemore railway station, and north-north-east of Kincraig railway station, and in 1906 was located near a cottage. Its condition, as described by Cash in 1906, is ruinous; it could hardly be recognized as anything other than "a heap of stones cleared by the farmer from his fields". One stone of "striking appearance" is still standing. The middle circle of about in diameter seems to have been used for the purpose of field clearing, with stones from the outer circles having been deposited there. The one solitary stone from what may have been an outer circle stands about south-west from the middle circle; it is a quartzite slab, high, wide, and thick. Since it is tapered toward the top, it appears to Cash as a "cloaked human figure".There is an outer kerb and an inner ring, made of smaller stones. There was a bank of small stones just outside the kerb, which was part of the design; stones from the field have been thrown onto that bank.
Aviemore stone circle
The cairn consists of three stone circles, or remnants thereof. The outer one, of detached megaliths, is about in diameter. The second circle is of graded kerbstone sets closely, with a diameter of about, and the inner circle is about. The cairn is mostly gone and only three or four slabs are left.In 1877 there were still seven stones standing in the centre; when Aubrey Burl detailed the cairn in 2005, there were only five left, one of which has fallen. The tallest is high.The cairn is currently in the middle of a housing estate.