Grandfather Mountain in Linville in Avery County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Scottish Memorial Cairn

Dedicated July 13, 1980

Bronze Plaque image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mary Ruden, circa July 11, 2026

1. Bronze Plaque

Bronze Plaque near rock cairn

Inscription. 25th Anniversary
Grandfather Mountain Highland Games, Inc.
Clans and Societies Represented by Stones Anderson • Baird • Barclay • Bruce • Buchanan • Robert Burns, Charlotte • Caldonian Society, Cincin. • Cameron • Campbell • Colouhoun • Donald • Donnachaidh • Douglas • Dunbar • Dunlop/Dunlap • Elliot • Farquharson • Fergusson • Forbes • Fraser • Gordon • Grant • Gregor • Gunn • Hanna/Hannay/Hannah • Hay • Irwin • Johnston/e • Keith • Kennedy • Kerr • Leslie • Lindsay • Macarthur • Macaulay • MacCallun/Malcolm • MacDougall • MacDuffie • MacFarland • MacIntyre • Mackay • Mackinnon • Mackintosh • Maclachlan • MacLennan • Maclellan • Maclean • Macleod • Macmillan • Macneil • Macqueen • Macrae • Macthomas • Matheson • Maxwell • Montgomery • Morison • Munko • Murray • National Trust for Scotland • Pollock • Ramsey • Rose • Ross • St. Andrews Society, Charleston • St. Andrews Society, New York • St. Andrews Society, Savannah • Scottish Heritage U.S.A. • Scott • Sinclair • Stewart • Sutherland

Erected 1980

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by Grandfather Mountain Highland Games, Inc.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Parks & Recreational Areas • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical date for this entry is July 13, 1980.

Location. 36° 5.778′ N, 81° 49.875′ W. Memorial is in Linville, North Carolina, in Avery County. It is in Grandfather Mountain. It can be reached from the intersection of Grandfather Mountain Drive (Route 105) and North Carolina Route 184, on the right when traveling north. at Scottish Festival Highland Games entrance. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 2132 Grandfather Mountain Dr, Linville NC 28646, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in North Carolina’s and he Mountains in the High Country. It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the original Cherokee Nation,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original

Scottish Memorial Cairn Marker closer view image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mary Ruden, July 14, 2026

2. Scottish Memorial Cairn Marker closer view

closer view

Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Linn Cove Viaduct (approx. one mile away); Stephen Tyng Mather (approx. one mile away); Andre Michaux (approx. 1.1 miles away); Asa Gray (approx. 1.2 miles away); A Woman of War (approx. 4 miles away); Banner Elk (approx. 4.7 miles away); Shepherd M. Dugger (approx. 5.2 miles away); Lees-McRae College (approx. 5.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Linville.

Regarding Scottish Memorial Cairn. Bronze Plaque lists names of clans that used 74 polished stones from their homeland to be placed in the rock cairn. Honors immigrant ancestors who settled in Cape Fear Valley.

Additional keywords. Scottish clans

Memorial Cairn at McRae Meadows image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones, July 14, 2026

3. Memorial Cairn at McRae Meadows

Credits. This page was last revised on August 11, 2026. It was originally submitted on July 15, 2026, by Mary Ruden of Sevierville, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 30 times since then. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 15, 2026, by Mary Ruden of Sevierville, Tennessee. 3. submitted on July 15, 2026. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.

Editor’s want-list for this marker. Verification of the geocoordinates. • Clearer closeup photo of the marker. • Can you help?