Monument record 2483 - DUN CARLOWAY, LEWIS

NB14SE 1 1899 4122.

(NB 1899 4122) Dun Carloway: Broch (NR)
OS 6" map, (1965)

A broch, which, though broken and incomplete, is one of the best preserved in the Western Isles, part of the old walling on the east still attaining a height of about 30'. It has an average external diameter of 47', the walls varying from 10 to 12' overall. Repairs have been carried out on the upper parts of the east wall where it is single, the inner wall having disappeared.
Finds from the broch are in NMAS.
RCAHMS 1928; Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1909; (Broch visible on St Joseph air photograph RD3, 9)

Dun Carloway, a broch, as described and planned.
Resurveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (R L) 25 June 1969.

The monument known as Dun Carloway, broch comprises a later prehistoric broch which is situated in common grazings on a prominent knoll. The area to be scheduled is a circle 30m in diameter centred on the centre of the broch, to include the broch and an area around in which evidence relating to its construction and use may survive.
Historic Scotland scheduling document, 23.2.2001

PSAS, 1908-9, Proc Soc Antiq Scot, 145 (Bibliographic reference). SWE9491.

RCAHMS, 1928, The RCAHMCS 9th Report & Inventory: Outer Hebrides, Skye and the Small Isles, 18-20, No. 68 plan fig. 58, Illusts figs. 54-7 (Bibliographic reference). SWE5587.

C J Tabraham, 1972b, Discovery and Excavation, Scotland, 57 (Bibliographic reference). SWE13318.

E W MacKie, 1975a, Scotland: an archaeological guide, 171 (Bibliographic reference). SWE4660.

C Tabraham, 1976-7a, Proc Soc Antiq Scot, 156-67 (Bibliographic reference). SWE6793.

R W Feachem, 1977, Guide to Prehistoric Scotland, 165-6 (Bibliographic reference). SWE2159.

I A G Shepherd, 1986a, Exploring Scotland's Heritage: Grampian, 130-1, no. 61 (Bibliographic reference). SWE6610.

P G Topping, 1987, Proc Soc Antiq Scot, 75, 77 (Bibliographic reference). SWE7984.

P Strong, 1988, Discovery and Excavation, Scotland, 32 (Bibliographic reference). SWE13344.