Dun Telve, Glenelg

Name: Dun Telve
Address: Glen Beag, Glenelg, IV40 8JX, United Kingdom

#2 among attractions in Glenelg

Top attraction, Ruins, Archaeological site

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Dun Telve is an iron-age broch located about 4 kilometres southeast of the village of Glenelg, Inverness-shire in the Highland Region of Scotland. It is one of the best preserved brochs in Scotland. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 57°11'40"N, 5°35'41"W

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Glen BeagGlenelg IV40 8JX United Kingdom

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Dun Telve – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Glenelg Inn, Beinn Sgritheall, Caisteal Maol, Dun Grugaig.

1.6 miNW
Nightlife, Restaurant
Glenelg Inn, Glenelg
42 min walk • Glenelg Inn is a public house and inn in the village of Glenelg in the Highlands of Scotland. The current building dates to the second half of the 20th century, but remnants of the previous structure — the "imposing" Glenelg Hotel, which was largely destroyed in a 1947 fire — still stand.
2.9 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Beinn Sgritheall
74 min walk • Beinn Sgritheall is the highest mountain in the Glenelg area of the Highlands of Scotland. The main approach is via Arnisdale on the shores of Loch Hourn or via Gleann Beag to the north, with its well-known brochs.
7.2 miNW
Castle ruins from the 15th century
Caisteal Maol, Isle of Skye
183 min walk • Caisteal Maol is a ruined castle located near the harbour of the village of Kyleakin, Isle of Skye, Scotland. It is also known as Castle Moil, Castle Maol, Dun Akyn, Dunakin Castle Dun Haakon and Castle Dunakin.
1.6 miSE
Archaeological site
Dun Grugaig, Glenelg
41 min walk • Dun Grugaig is a D-shaped dun, or "semi-broch", located about 7 kilometres southeast of the village of Glenelg, Highland, in Scotland.
6.1 miNE
Small island with an iconic castle
Eilean Donan, Dornie
155 min walk • Eilean Donan is a small tidal island situated at the confluence of three sea lochs in the western Highlands of Scotland, about 1 kilometre from the village of Dornie.
6.9 miSE
Mountain
Druim Fada, Knoydart
175 min walk • Druim Fada is a mountain in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. Located on the northern shore of Loch Hourn in Ross and Cromarty. A long, craggy ridge, it runs for several kilometres on the northern side of the loch. The nearest village is Arnisdale to the west.
~1590 ftE
Archaeological site
Dun Troddan, Glenelg
8 min walk • Dun Troddan is an iron-age broch located about 5 kilometres southeast of the village of Glenelg, Highland, in Scotland. It is one of the best-preserved brochs in Scotland.
5.2 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Sgùrr na Coinnich, Kyleakin
132 min walk • Sgùrr na Coinnich is the highest peak on the Sleat peninsula at the east end of the Isle of Skye. Together with its slightly lower neighbour, Beinn na Caillich, it overlooks the Skye Bridge that links the towns of Kyle of Lochalsh and Kyleakin.
1.8 miNW
Forts and castles
Bernera Barracks, Glenelg
45 min walk • Bernera Barracks is located in Glenelg in the West Highlands of Scotland. The barracks were constructed between 1717 and 1723 as part of a campaign by the British government to subdue the local population which had risen up in arms in the Jacobite Rising of 1715, and which would do so again in 1745.
5.4 miN
Archaeological site
Caisteal Grugaig
138 min walk • Caisteal Grugaig is an Iron Age broch near the eastern end of Loch Alsh in the Scottish Highlands.
5.1 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Beinn na Caillich, Kyleakin
130 min walk • Beinn na Caillich is a mountain at the eastern end of the Isle of Skye, in Scotland. It is situated to the west of Kyle Rhea, about 4 km south-east of Kyleakin.