View WSW of the secondary entrance passage of Dun Fiadhairt Iron Age broch, Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK: unusually the broch has two opposed entrances.
View WSW of the secondary entrance passage of Dun Fiadhairt Iron Age broch, Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK. Unusually the broch has two opposed entrances, the wider, main passage at the W has two door checks & a guard cell on either side. The broch was excavated in 1914 by Countess Vincent Baillet de Latour FSA (Scot), a Roman terracotta model of a bale of hides or fleeces was found.
Size: 3780px × 2662px
Location: Dun Fiadhairt Broch, Camalaig Bay, Dunvegan, Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK
Photo credit: © Mick Sharp / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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