Scottish Highlands - Prehistoric Sites

The well-preserved remains of an Iron Age Broch and a later wheelhouse stand on a narrow neck of land jutting into Clickimin Loch, south west of Lerwick.
Lerwick, Mainland, Shetland, Highlands and Islands, Scotland

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Heritage Highlight: One of the best-preserved brochs in Scotland
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A pair of Neolithic burial cairns of the 'long horn' variety. Interestingly, the two cairns are arranged at right angles to each other.
Achreamie, Thurso, Highlands and Islands, Scotland

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A pair of chambered cairns stands on a hillside above the River Naver, near the northern end of Strathnaver. The cairns have a horned forecourt, used for ritual ceremonies, and a passage leading to a chamber within the tomb where bones were interred.
Skelpick, Bettyhill, Strathnaver, Highlands and Islands, Scotland, KW14 7SQ

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Heritage Highlight: Standing stones mark the cairn forecourts
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A superbly preserved Bronze Age passage grave in an idyllic rural location in Glen Urquhart. The burial mound is surrounded by a circle of 11 standing stones of varying height.
Corrimony, Highlands and Islands, Scotland

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Cuween is a chambered cairn, built in the Neolithic period, about 5,000 years ago. It is composed of a central chamber with 4 cells, reached by a low passage. When the chamber was excavated it was found to contain the remains of humans, dogs, and oxen.
Finstown, Mainland, Orkney, Highlands and Islands, Scotland

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On a small manmade island in Loch Horneray, on the Isle of Grimsay, stands the ruin of Dun Ban, a fortified roundhouse. Rather than thinking of the dun as a unified tower structure, it is probably more accurate to picture a cluster of beehive cells embedded in a tower. It is interesting that there was no apparent attempt to level the internal floor; it is left very rough.
Loch Horneray, Baymore, Grimsay, Highlands and Islands, Scotland

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Dun Beag is a wonderfully preserved Iron Age broch standing on a hillside with wonderful views out over Loch Harport and Loch Braccadale. The broch was apparently in use for occupation as late as the 18th century.
A863, Braccadale, Isle of Skye, Highlands and Islands, Scotland

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Despite the name, Dun Bharpa is not a dun, but an impressive chambered cairn, built about 3500 BCE. It is really quite an imposing monument, about 30 metres across and 5 metres high, and is the best-preserved chambered cairn in the Western Isles. The edge cairn is marked by large upright kerb stones, several of which are at least 3-4 feet high.
Craigston, Barra, Highlands and Islands, Scotland

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Dun Carloway is one of the best preserved Iron Age brochs in Scotland (perhaps sharing that honour with Mousa Broch in Shetland).  The round tower stands on a rocky hill overlooking Loch Roag, on the west coast of Lewis. The galleried walls and entrance guard chamber of the broch are still visible.
Carloway, Isle of Lewis, Lewis, Highlands and Islands, Scotland

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Photos of Dun Carloway Broch
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A very well-preserved Iron Age galleried dun looking north to the Eoligarry peninsula. Dun Cuier (Dun Chuidhir) was in use as late as the 7th century. You could even stretch a point and say that it was in use as late as the 18th century, for royalist troops occupied it during the process of putting down Bonnie Prince Charlie's 1745 Jacobite rebellion.
Cuidhir, Barra, Highlands and Islands, Scotland

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