Dun Telve
Dun Telve ( Scottish Gaelic Dùn Teilbh ) is one of the best preserved Iron Age brochs in Scotland . It stands about 4 km southeast of the village of Glenelg , in the middle of farmland not far from the shores of the Sound of Sleat within sight of the Isle of Skye in the Highlands . Nearby are the Brochs Caisteal Grugaig and Dun Troddan . The term Dun for Brochs is often found in the west of Scotland, where there are influences from Ireland in the Kingdom of Dalriada (300 to 800 AD), where the term comes from. The term Broch, derived from the norn , is much more recent.
description
Dun Telve stands on the north side of the Abhainn a 'Ghlinne Bhig stream in the floodplain of Gleann Beag ("Little Valley"). The tower is in a good state of preservation. The stones of the approximately 10 m high brochure, which are missing about half the circumference and at the top, are said to have been used for the construction of the barracks in Glenelg. Historic Scotland oversees Dun Telve and Dun Troddan.
The outside diameter is about 18 m with a wall thickness of 4 m and an inside diameter of 10 m. The highest part of the walls is about 10 m above the ground. The access passage in the west has a long "guard cell" on the right. In the north there is a central access to a niche and a staircase that climbs clockwise upwards. The upper area of the wall is double-shell or hollow and only connected in short sections. The inside of the wall can be seen through vertical galleries. In all well-preserved brochures, narrow ledges are found on the inner wall. There are two ledges in Dun Telve. The upper one is 9 m above the ground and may have been part of a roof structure. In front of the entrance lie the remains of other buildings, including the base of a rectangular structure to the northwest. The galleries, divided into vertical and horizontal areas, show the skills of the builders, for whom it was necessary to relieve the underground.
literature
- I. Armit: Towers in the North: the Brochs of Scotland. London 2003.
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Coordinates: 57 ° 11 ′ 40.4 " N , 5 ° 35 ′ 41.6" W.