Dun Beag Broch

Dun Beag is an iron-age broch located about 1 kilometre northwest of the village of Struan on the west coast of the island of Skye, in Scotland [1]. Dun Beag is situated at the north end of a small rocky knoll [1]. The broch consists of a drystone tower with a diameter of around 18.6 metres with walls about 4 metres thick at the base [1]. The broch currently stands to a maximum height of 2 metres [1]. Internally three openings are visible in the broch wall [1]. One leads to a small chamber; a second leads to a long narrow gallery within the wall; and a third leads to the stone stair of which some twenty steps survive [1]. The broch was visited by Thomas Pennant in 1772, and it was still a substantial structure, with a height of perhaps 4 metres [1]. The broch was excavated by the Countess Vincent Baillet de Latour between 1914 and 1920 [1].