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The grassy mound of Carn Liath, with just a few foundation blocks showing.

This short section of basal walling is the only structure of note that remains at Carn Liath.

This panoramic photo shows the devastated interior of Carn Liath broch (Farr).

Allt an Duin sits atop this steep hill, at an altitude of some 85 metres.

Foundation level blocks, the first sign of the broch as I approached from the southeast.

The entrance passage still shows through the tumble of blocks on the west of Allt an Duin.

Looking west over the entrance pasageway, from within the broch.

The interior of the broch still contains several stretches of walling with several courses of blocks intact.

This panorama illustrates the extent of the broch’s interior.

This section of the outer wall of the broch is one of the few stretches showing the original courses.

Just a small sample of the massive tumble of masonry down the western flank of the broch.

Dun Beag, viewed from the road.

The entrance passage to Dun Beag.

Some of the large blocks that line the upper reaches of the entranceway.

Some of the foundation course walling at Dun Beag.

Looking towards Staffin Bay from Dun Beag, where the fort is guarded by steep cliffs.

The grassy summit of Dun Beag.

Some of the copious tumble of blocks on Dun Beag’s western slopes.

Looking up towards the broch from the south.

Dun Dornaigil stands above the Strathmore River amid striking scenery.

First sight of Leadoch Broch after negotiating the bracken infested hillside.

Most of the outer wall of this broch is now little more than tumbled stones.

It seems likely that there was a ground-level gallery at Leadoch.

Just the barest hint of internal wall structure.

Overlooking the ruined broch.

This is a stitched panorama of four images showing Leadoch Broch with Loch Brora as a backdrop.

Grummore broch.

The neatly lintelled entranceway inside the broch.

The interior of Grummore, with ferns and mosses flourishing under the shade of trees.

Walling over two metres tall within Grummore.

Walling courses in the interior of Grummore broch.

Signs of a ground-level gallery at Grummore.

Evidence of an intra-mural cell at Grummore.

The initial view of Carrol, seemingly just a pile of stones.

An entrance passage some five metres long leads up to the broch.

The well proportioned entrance portal.

Looking down upon the entranceway from the ramparts.

A huge, displaced lintel over the entrance passage.

Internal walling courses on the north of Carrol broch.

Internal walling courses on the northeastern flank of Carrol broch.

This superb example of an intra-mural staircase comprises at least a dozen steps.

This impressive door frame which would originally have led into the interior of the broch is situated at the foot of the intra-mural staircase.

Internal walling courses, over three metres tall, on the east of the broch.

The stairway leads up from this intra-mural gallery on what would have been the second level of the broch.

The impressive, partly unroofed, gallery at Carrol.

This is a view along the roofed section of the gallery, from beside the entranceway, Loch Brora in the background.

The steep crag bearing Baile Mhargaite as viewed from the shore below.

Approaching the broch from the west.

Overlooking the broch from the neighbouring height.