Dun Troddan Iron Age broch, Glenelg, Scotland, UK, showing entrance passage & guard cell, inner court & the double wall tied together by lintel slabs.
Dun Troddan Iron Age broch tower, Glenelg, Scotland, UK, showing entrance passage & guard cell, inner court, hollow wall tied together by lintel slabs forming mural galleries & flights of voids above the stair entrance. The double drystone wall, surviving to over , encloses a circular court accessed by a strongly defended entrance passage. A mural cell leads off the entrance passage & another cell is entered from the court. Stairs lead up from this cell to first floor level & a second flight climbs higher. At first floor level a wooden balcony, verandah or floor was supported by a projecting stone ledge (scarcement) & a ring of wooden posts.
Size: 3756px × 4961px
Location: Dun Troddan Broch, Glen Beag, Glenelg, Lochalsh, Scotland, UK
Photo credit: © Mick Sharp / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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