Dun Carloway is a broch situated in the district of Carloway, on the west coast of the Isle of Lewis, Scotland. It is a remarkably well preserved broch – on the east side parts of the old wall still reach to 9 metres tall.
Dun Carloway
Steps inside the Broch
Photo of the broch
In archaeology, a broch is an Iron Age drystone hollow-walled structure found in Scotland. Brochs belong to the classification "complex Atlantic roundhouse" devised by Scottish archaeologists in the 1980s.
Broch of Mousa
Remains of Dun Carloway broch, Lewis, Scotland
The remains of Kilphedir broch, Sutherland, are surrounded by massive earthworks.
Midhowe Broch