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3 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Inverness, Scotland

Updated January 4, 2024
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Clava Cairns

Inverness, Scotland

Clava Cairns

This site contains overlapping ancient graveyards that existed about 1,000 years apart.
Old High Church Kirkyard

Inverness, Scotland

Old High Church Kirkyard

The oldest church in Inverness witnessed the brutal executions of many Scottish soldiers.
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Culloden Moor, Scotland

Cumberland's Stone

This rock bore witness to the last pitched battle fought on British soil.
5 miles from Inverness
Clootie Well

Munlochy, Scotland

Clootie Well

A pagan tradition of draping trees with rags eerily lives on.
5 miles from Inverness
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Beauly, Scotland

Beauly Priory

These ruins saw a second life as a cemetery.
8 miles from Inverness
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Beauly, Scotland

Wych Elm of Beauly Priory

After 800 years, Europe's oldest elm tree has met its end.
8 miles from Inverness
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This lovely Scottish nature walk leads to the source of a local legend.
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