<< Our Photo Pages >> Dun Telve - Broch or Nuraghe in Scotland in Highlands
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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Dun TelveCountry: Scotland County: Highlands Type: Broch or Nuraghe
Nearest Town: Glenelg Nearest Village: Glenelg
Map Ref: NG829172 Landranger Map Number: 33
Latitude: 57.194018N Longitude: 5.595009W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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SolarMegalith visited on 17th Jun 2015 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 5
SandyG visited on 28th Aug 2014 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5 Access: 5
jeffrep visited on 28th May 2013 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 5 Of the three brochs that lie inland along the road from Glenelg, the largest of these is Dun Telve (or the Lower Broch), the best preserved broch in mainland Scotland and the second best preserved in Scotland as a whole after the Mousa Broch in Shetland.
Dun Telve's standing external wall is over 30 feet high. As described by recent visitors, "In the highest part of the wall...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 and a stone stairway. 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."
megalithicmatt visited on 13th Sep 2005 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 4 Brief visit in the rain. Grey grey greyness...
Andy B hamish MegalithJunkie have visited here
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.25 Ambience: 4.25 Access: 4.75
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