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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Dun Troddan
Country: Scotland County: Highlands Type: Broch or Nuraghe
Nearest Town: Glenelg  Nearest Village: Glenelg
Map Ref: NG834172  Landranger Map Number: 33
Latitude: 57.194254N  Longitude: 5.586751W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
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5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
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5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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SolarMegalith visited on 17th Jun 2015 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4

SandyG visited on 2nd Aug 2014 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 4

jeffrep visited on 28th May 2013 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 4 The third best preserved broch in Scotland (after Mousa Broch in Shetland and the nearby Dun Telve Broch), Dun Troddan's wall stands at almost 25 feet at its heighest point. As described by recent visitors, "On the left of the roofless entrance passage there is a corbelled guard-cell. In the thickness of the broch wall...three galleries survive along with a stone stair that rises to a level passage."

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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.33 Ambience: 4.67 Access: 4

Dun Troddan
Dun Troddan submitted by jeffrep : Dun Troddan Broch is located on a minor road southeast of the village of Glenelg, which can be reached from the Isle of Skye in the west by the Kylerhea ferry or from the east on the "Old Military Road" off the A87 at Shiel Bridge, in Highland, Scotland. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Dun Troddan Broch is located on a minor road southeast of the village of Glenelg, which can be reached from the Isle of Skye in the west by the Kylerhea ferry or from the east on the "Old Military Road" off the A87 at Shiel Bridge, in Highland, Scotland.

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Dun Troddan
Dun Troddan submitted by megalithicmatt : The broch as seen from the path coming up from the road. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Dun Troddan submitted by SolarMegalith : Intra-mural staircase of Dun Troddan broch (photo taken on June 2015). (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Dun Troddan submitted by SolarMegalith : Hollowed wall and entrance to the staircase of Dun Troddan broch (photo taken on June 2015). (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Dun Troddan submitted by SandyG : Entrance passage with broch walls behind. View from west (28th August 2014). (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Dun Troddan submitted by Postman : Dun Telve might just be made out among the trees.

Dun Troddan
Dun Troddan submitted by Postman : Not sure what that's for.

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Dun Troddan submitted by Postman : In the walls

Dun Troddan
Dun Troddan submitted by Postman : Dun Troddan

Dun Troddan
Dun Troddan submitted by Postman : A bit dark, sorry.

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Dun Troddan submitted by Postman : Up, up and away

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Dun Troddan submitted by Postman : Oi, down infront.

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Dun Troddan submitted by SolarMegalith : Dun Troddan broch - view from the east (photo taken on June 2015).

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Dun Troddan submitted by SolarMegalith : Guard cell of Dun Troddan broch (photo taken on June 2015).

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Dun Troddan submitted by SandyG : View from the south. The wall in the foreground is the southern wall of the broch (28th August 2014).

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Dun Troddan submitted by SandyG : Guard chamber with gallery beyond and entrance passage in the foreground. View from south west (28th August 2014).

Dun Troddan
Dun Troddan submitted by SandyG : Entrance passage widens in the middle opposite the guard chamber. View from above and west (28th August 2014).

Dun Troddan
Dun Troddan submitted by SandyG : Gallery within the broch wall (28th August 2014).

Dun Troddan
Dun Troddan submitted by hamish : Dun Troddan, not so spectacular as Dun Telve but quite a sight.

Dun Troddan
Dun Troddan submitted by hamish : Dun Troddan, the second Pictish Broch in Gleann Breag.

Dun Troddan
Dun Troddan submitted by andy_h : Broch at Dun Troddan, Glen Elg, Highlands.

Dun Troddan
Dun Troddan submitted by andy_h : Inside broch at Dun Troddan, Glen Elg, Highlands.

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Re: Dun Troddan by davidx on Wednesday, 21 April 2010
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This broch and nearby Dun Telve are very well covered on http://www.glenelg.co.uk/places/glenelg_brochs.shtml
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Re: Dun Troddan by coldrum on Sunday, 04 April 2010
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Re: Dun Troddan by Anonymous on Thursday, 11 December 2008
See the entry in Euan W MacKie 2007 The roundhouses, brochs and wheelhouses of Atlantic Scotland c. 700 BC to AD 500: architecture and material culture. Part 2: the mainland and the western islands. British Archaeological Reports 444: Oxford.
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Re: Dun Troddan by Anonymous on Monday, 05 November 2007
There are a couple of references to the Brochs being "Pictish" on this site.

Brochs are in fact Iron Age structures.
Picts were in Scotland from 43AD (ish) Roman Times until 10th Century.

These brochs were built by people living in the Iron Age - from 7th Century BC until the Roman Invasion.
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