Scottish Highlands - Prehistoric Sites

On a site beside the Strathmore River, south of the bulk of Ben Hope, stands the Iron Age circular broch of Dun Dornaigil. The broch is set in a wonderfully scenic - and bleak - location. The broch is very well preserved, with the walls still standing to a height of almost 7 metres on the north-east side.
Altnacaillich, Highlands, Highlands and Islands, Scotland

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Dun Telve is a very well preserved Iron Age broch standing beside the burn of Abhainn a Ghlnne Bhig on the narrow strip of low-lying land at the bottom of Glen Elg.
Conrary, Highlands and Islands, Scotland

Attraction Type: Prehistoric - Broch
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A very well preserved broch in a stunning location in Glen Elg. Dun Troddan stands to about 25 feet high (about 8 metres) at its highest point. The walls are made of two thin shells with a gap between. In the gap are stone stairs rising to galleries.
Conrary, Highlands and Islands, Scotland

Attraction Type: Prehistoric - Broch
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On a narrow spit of land jutting out into the sea just west of Bornais stands the substantial remains of Dun Vulan, an Iron Age fort. The dun was built around 150 BCE, at a time when it would have been surrounded by a freshwater loch. Since then the landscape has altered considerably, and the dun now stands on a neck of land with the sea on both sides.
Bornais, South Uist, Highlands and Islands, Scotland

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The Dwarfie Stane is a fascinating 5000-year-old block of red sandstone which has been cut to create a burial chamber. The stane lies in a valley near the northern tip of Hoy, between Rackwick and Quoyness. The stane is possibly the only British example of a rock-cut tomb.
Hoy, Quoyness, Orkney, Highlands and Islands, Scotland

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Grain Earth House is not a house, but a long underground passage leading to a large chamber. It was probably used as a cold storage area, and possibly as a refuge in times of trouble.
Kirkwall, Mainland, Orkney, Highlands and Islands, Scotland

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At the very northern tip of Benbecula, immediately before you come to the causeway heading north to North Uist, stands a small stone circle in a farm field to the east of the road. To access the stone circle take the left fork of the farm driveway for a hundred yards or so until you get an opportunity to hop the fence - take care and respect the farm fencing!
A865, Gramsdale, Benbecula, Highlands and Islands, Scotland

Attraction Type: Prehistoric - Standing Stones
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The Grey Cairns of Camster are a pair of Neolithic chambered cairns (circa 2000-3500 BC), one round and the other linear, in a secluded hollow near the River Wick. The Camster cairns are considered among the best preserved in Britain and have been carefully restored so that visitors can access the inner chambers.
Roster, Highlands, Highlands and Islands, Scotland

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There are at least 80 ancient settlement sites along the machair of western South Uist. Of these, Cladh Hallan is one of the most recent to be excavated. Tucked into a high bank in the encroaching machair are three complete roundhouses and a small smokehouse for curing meat. The buildings date to the late Bronze Age and early Iron Age, about 1100-200 BCE). About 100 metres away is a second smokehouse dated to around 200 BCE.
Dalabrog, South Uist, Highlands and Islands, Scotland

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Hill O' Many Stanes consists of over 22 rows of small Bronze Age stones arranged in a fan shape along a sloping hillside. There is no clear indication of why the stones were arranged as they are, but one theory is that the stones were set up as a form of early astronomical observatory, or even a graveyard for Picts.
Wick, Highlands, Highlands and Islands, Scotland

Attraction Type: Prehistoric - Standing Stones
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