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Dun Carloway
Site type: broch

Parish: Uig

County: Ross and Cromarty

Grid reference: NB 1900 4123

Lat / long: 58.269548, -6.794046

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.

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