Dun Carloway (in Scottish Gaelic Dùn Chàrlabhaigh) 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 reaches to 9 metres tall. In places there are also more modern repairs to the east wall. At the base the broch is around 14 to 15 metres in diameter and the walls around 3 metres thick.

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  • Dun Carloway (in Scottish Gaelic Dùn Chàrlabhaigh) 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 reaches to 9 metres tall. In places there are also more modern repairs to the east wall. At the base the broch is around 14 to 15 metres in diameter and the walls around 3 metres thick. Dun Carloway was probably built some time in the 1st century BC, and radiocarbon dating evidence from remains found in the broch show that it was last occupied around 1300 AD.
  • Dun Carloway is een broch, een gebouw uit de IJzertijd, gelegen 2,4 kilometer ten zuiden van Carloway in de parochie van Uig op Lewis in de Schotse regio Buiten-Hebriden. Dun Carloway is aan de zuidzijde iets meer dan negen meter hoog, waarmee deze broch één van de hoogste brochs ter wereld is.
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  • Dun Carloway (in Scottish Gaelic Dùn Chàrlabhaigh) 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 reaches to 9 metres tall. In places there are also more modern repairs to the east wall. At the base the broch is around 14 to 15 metres in diameter and the walls around 3 metres thick.
  • Dun Carloway is een broch, een gebouw uit de IJzertijd, gelegen 2,4 kilometer ten zuiden van Carloway in de parochie van Uig op Lewis in de Schotse regio Buiten-Hebriden. Dun Carloway is aan de zuidzijde iets meer dan negen meter hoog, waarmee deze broch één van de hoogste brochs ter wereld is.
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  • Dun Carloway
  • Dun Carloway
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