Region : Highlands District : Lochaber Town or village : Glenelg Grid Reference : NG 829 172 Period : 1st mill. BC-1st mill.AD Dun Telve BROCH

The second best preserved broch in Scotland after Mousa in Shetland. It stands on a valley floor (Glen Beag, Highlands); along the road, 500 m to the east is another well preserved broch, Dun Troddan. In the highest part of the wall, 10.1m in height (in the photo), two scarcement ledges are visible: the upper one is a unique survival in Scottish brochs and probably supported a conical roof. The wall tapers inwards, in the distinctive 'cooling-tower' profile like Mousa broch in Shetland. To the left of the entrance a doorway leads into a corbelled cell (on the left) and a stone stairway (on the right). Four galleries and part of a fifth survive in the thickness of the wall. The voids visible in the inner face of the wall could have been used to ventilate and light the upper galleries. Outside the broch are traces of later buildings. The site was excavated in 1914 and some stone lamps, rotary quern stones and spindle whorls were found. In care of Historic Scotland

Other brochs, duns, forts ------------------ Brown Caterthun Carn Liath Clickimin Craig Phadrig Dun an Sticir Dun Ardtreck Dun Beag Dunbeath Dun Carloway Dun Dornaigil Dun Ringill Dun Telve Dun Troddan Edinshall Gurness Loch of Houlland Midhowe Mousa Ness of Burgi White Caterthun Other sites in the Highlands ---------------------- Achavanich Aviemore Balnuaran of Clava (Clava) Borve Camster Long Camster Round Camus nan Geall Chambered Cairn Camus nan Geall Standing Stone Carn Liath Clach Mhic Mhios Cnoc Freiceadain North Cnoc Freiceadain South Coille na Borgie South Corrimony Craig Phadrig Dun Ardtreck Dun Beag Dunbeath Dun Dornaigil Dun Ringill Dun Telve Dun Troddan Garrywhin (Cairn o'Get) Gask Learable Hill Mid Clyth (Hill o'Many Stanes) Na Clachan Bhreige Ord North Ord South Portnancon (Laid) South Yarrows South