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<< Our Photo Pages >> Dun Grugaig (Glenelg) - Broch or Nuraghe in Scotland in Highlands

Submitted by kelpie on Tuesday, 10 August 2004  Page Views: 11364

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Dun Grugaig (Glenelg)
Country: Scotland County: Highlands Type: Broch or Nuraghe
Nearest Town: Glenelg
Map Ref: NG85151591
Latitude: 57.183512N  Longitude: 5.556737W
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
 3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 5 Access:
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.
 3 Accuracy:
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
 5

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Dun Grugaig (Glenelg)
Dun Grugaig (Glenelg) submitted by uisdean : NG85151591 Dun Grugaig, also recorded as Caisteal Chonil. This is classified in the head entry as a Broch, and it is not far from the Glenelg brochs of Dun Troddan and Dun Telve. RCAHMS describes it as a galleried dun. It is horseshoe shaped, the open end of the horseshoe overlooking a steep cliff above the river. There are however traces of a shallow arc shaped wall closing the horseshoe ab... (Vote or comment on this photo)
Broch in Highlands.
Dun Grugaig is the least known and worst conserved of the Glenelg Valley Brochs and thus is often missed by the old-stone seeker.

It stands 2,2Km further than Dun Telve and Dun Troddan in the glen, beyond the Balvraid chambered tomb.
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Dun Grugaig (Glenelg)
Dun Grugaig (Glenelg) submitted by uisdean : NG85151591 Dun Grugaig - exterior walls (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dun Grugaig (Glenelg)
Dun Grugaig (Glenelg) submitted by uisdean : NG85151591 Dun Grugaig - interior (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dun Grugaig (Glenelg)
Dun Grugaig (Glenelg) submitted by uisdean : NG85151591 Dun Grugaig - possible entrance (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dun Grugaig (Glenelg)
Dun Grugaig (Glenelg) submitted by SolarMegalith : Dun Grugaig broch - view from the NE (photo taken on June 2015). (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dun Grugaig (Glenelg)
Dun Grugaig (Glenelg) submitted by SolarMegalith : The inner wall-face and the entrance to Dun Grugaig broch (photo taken on June 2015). (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dun Grugaig (Glenelg)
Dun Grugaig (Glenelg) submitted by SolarMegalith : Inner wall-face of Dun Grugaig broch (photo taken on June 2015).

Dun Grugaig (Glenelg)
Dun Grugaig (Glenelg) submitted by SolarMegalith : Dun Grugaig broch in its landscape context - view from the NE (photo taken on June 2015).

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 222m N 4° Grugaig Hut Circle* Ancient Village or Settlement (NG8517616131)
 478m NNW 334° Balvraid Cup Marked Stone* Rock Art (NG84961635)
 949m NW 316° Balvraid Chambered Cairn* Chambered Cairn (NG8452416627)
 1.3km WNW 302° Balvraid Farm Cup Marked Stone* Rock Art (NG84081667)
 2.2km WNW 303° Dun Troddan* Broch or Nuraghe (NG834172)
 2.4km WNW 300° Corrary Prehistoric Site* Cairn (NG83121725)
 2.6km WNW 297° Dun Telve* Broch or Nuraghe (NG829172)
 4.4km N 353° Serpent Mound (Scallasaig) Cairn (NG8484020288)
 4.7km NW 322° An Dun (Barnhill)* Stone Fort or Dun (NG82441972)
 5.7km NW 325° Am Baghan Galldair* Stone Fort or Dun (NG82162075)
 6.9km NW 316° Bernera Farm* Rock Art (NG80552110)
 7.7km NNE 21° Torran a'Bharraich* Hillfort (NG88312296)
 8.0km NNE 25° Allt an Inbhir Souterrain* Souterrain (Fogou, Earth House) (NG88882296)
 8.4km ENE 68° Sheil Henge* Henge (NG93081868)
 9.2km ENE 69° Cill Fhearchair* Standing Stone (Menhir) (NG93871879)
 9.2km E 92° Sheil Bridge* Ancient Village or Settlement (NG9438215035)
 9.3km N 7° Caisteal Grugaig* Broch or Nuraghe (NG86692508)
 9.5km N 7° Dun Totaig (Loch Duich) Broch or Nuraghe (NG868253)
 9.7km N 11° Totaig Cup Markings* Rock Art (NG87432536)
 9.7km NNE 25° Carr Brae* Rock Art (NG89782451)
 10.0km ENE 58° Dunan Diarmaid* Hillfort (NG93952071)
 10.1km ENE 58° Diarmaid's Grave* Standing Stones (NG93992085)
 10.7km ENE 57° Tigh Geal* Rock Art (NG94452120)
 11.4km ENE 58° Croe Bridge* Rock Art (NG95162141)
 11.7km NNW 347° Lochalsh* Stone Circle (NG831274)
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Re: Dun Grugaig by MrTattieHeid on Saturday, 18 October 2008
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(Above post is also by me.)

Note a signpost at the beginning of the trail calls this "Balvraig Broch", perhaps in part to distinguish it from Caisteal Grugaig.

In thinking about this, I'm more and more inclined to think the first poster is correct that this is not a true broch, if only because the skilled broch builders would have known better than to site one on such a poor foundation.
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Re: Dun Grugaig by Anonymous on Saturday, 18 October 2008
It looks like a broch to me...but broch or not, its greatest interest is as a splendid example of where not to build a broch (or not). The most complete wall is severely bent due to slumping, and the back half of the circle is entirely gone, slid down into the river ages agone. It appears to me that the open gap was fenced in again later. There is an opening facing the valley which might have been the door, but no guard chamber (supporting anonymous above), and no sign of a lintel (I looked amongst the rocks down below). From the vicinity of the opening, atop the wall, what appears to be a gallery is visible in the largest part of the wall--it's easy to miss, not visible from anywhere else. This site is a mess, and lacks any real points of architectural interest, but I found it fascinating just the same. Worth a look, only a ten-minute walk and a stream fording from where the road gets rough.
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Re: Dun Grugaig by Anonymous on Wednesday, 28 December 2005
Dun Grugaig is not a broch. It is a drystone fort, although in a state of ruin, its structure can still be clearly distinguished. The area which this fort presumably protects is of great interest and well worth taking a look at.
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