Dun Carloway
Site type: broch
Parish: Uig
County: Ross and Cromarty
Grid reference: NB 1900 4123
Lat / long: 58.2697328, -6.792951627
Alternative names: Charlabhaigh; Doune Carloway; Dun Charlabhaigh; Dùn Chàrlabhaigh
Dun Carloway is one of the best preserved brochs in the Western Isles, with one side of it still reaching a height of nearly 10m. Inside the 4m thick walls there are still inter-mural passageways and the remains of a staircase which can be climbed. The broch stands on a small hillock high above Loch an Dùin and commands great views over the landscape below. It dates from the 1st century BC.
