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Dun Telve and Dun Troddan are Iron Age brochs located in Glenelg, Inverness-shire, standing amongst some of Scotland's most dramatic Highland terrain. These circular stone towers were built during the Iron Age to dominate the landscape and project power across the glens. Both brochs rise from bedrock of ancient Lewisian gneiss, formed during the Proterozoic, exposing the profound geological antiquity of their setting.
Brochs are distinctive to Iron Age Scotland and represent sophisticated architectural achievement, with double-walled construction creating hollow-walled towers of impressive strength and height. The builders of Dun Telve and Dun Troddan exploited the local gneiss outcrops, quarrying and dressing stone to create enduring structures. Their positioning in Glenelg suggests control of this significant Highland valley route, commanding movement and trade through the region.
These monuments are protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM90152, reflecting their national significance as rare survivors of Iron Age fortification. The brochs remain substantially intact, allowing study of both their construction techniques and their role within Iron Age settlement patterns across northern Scotland. Their survival on the Lewisian bedrock speaks to the durability of stone-built architecture in this ancient landscape.
Dun Telve and Dun Troddan,brochs,Glenelg is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM90152. View the official record →
Dun Telve and Dun Troddan are Iron Age brochs located in Glenelg, Inverness-shire, standing amongst some of Scotland's most dramatic Highland terrain. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM90152.
Dun Telve and Dun Troddan,brochs,Glenelg dates from the iron age period, and is classified as a brochs,glenelg. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Dun Telve and Dun Troddan,brochs,Glenelg is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic Environment Scotland — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Scotland. The official designation reference is SM90152.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Dun Grugaig,dun,Gleann Beag (2.6 km), Bernera Barracks (2.8 km), Caisteal Grugaig, broch 900m WSW of Totaig (8.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Dun Telve and Dun Troddan,brochs,Glenelg's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Dun Telve and Dun Troddan,brochs,Glenelg stands on Lewisian Complex, bedrock that formed in the Proterozoic. The rock here is gneiss.