Dun Telve

Dun Telve (Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Teilbh) is an iron-age broch located about four kilometres southeast of Kirkton, the main village of the community of Glenelg, Inverness-shire in the Highland Region of Scotland [1]. It is one of the best preserved brochs in Scotland [1]. Dun Telve stands on the north bank of the Abhainn a’ Ghlinne Bhig, in the lower reaches of Gleann Beag [1]. The broch consists of a drystone tower which measures 18.3 metres in diameter, and currently stands to a maximum height of 10.2 metres to the west and northwest [1]. The external walls are 4.3 metres thick at the base and 1.2 metres thick at the top [1]. On the south side of the entrance passage is a small side-chamber, sometimes called a "guard cell" [1]. Access up the tower is by a winding stone stair, and openings at intervals once gave access to the upper floors [1].