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English: Dùn Colbost This broch has been extensively investigated with records of excavations to be found at the Highland Environmental Record website - http://her.highland.gov.uk/SingleResult.aspx?uid=MHG4840 .
To quote from the website - Brochs are round, tower-like houses, their monumental size intended to display the wealth and status of the agricultural communities who lived in them. They were occupied in the later Iron Age and are common in the north and west of Scotland. Dun Colbost stands on the end of a rocky knoll overlooking Loch Dunvegan in Skye. Directly opposite, a short distance across the narrow sea loch, is another broch, Dun Fiadhairt. Its position, controlling both land and sea, suggests that Dun Colbost was indeed intended to dominate the surrounding landscape. The walls of the broch itself are in a ruinous condition, but excavation within the curving enclosure wall surrounding the tower, has revealed paved surfaces, drains and hearths, although no definite evidence for buildings. |
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| Author | Richard Dorrell |
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