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Multiple tiers of walling courses on the eastern flank of Caisteal na Coille.

The entrance to Caisteal na Coille broch.

Close-up view of the exterior entrance portal at Caisteal na Coille.

The entrance passage from the broch interior.

The broch entrance viewed from the interior.
Note the complete absence of a rampart at the cliff edge (right side of photo).

The rear wall in the interior of Caisteal na Coille broch.

Wall recesses close to the entranceway at Caisteal na Coille.

Recesses in the rear wall of Caisteal na Coille broch.

The guard cell adjacent to the entrance passage.

The large guard cell at Caisteal na Coille.

Evidence of a hollow-wall gallery at Caisteal na Coille.

A broad grassy rampart on the northeast of Caisteal na Coille.

Whitegate broch looking north. Keiss castle is visible in the background.

Neat outer walling courses at Whitegate broch.

The grassy, saucer-shaped interior of Whitegate broch.

A well formed stretch of walling courses at Whitegate broch.

The secondary recess in the internal walling at Whitegate broch, located opposite the entrance passage.

Nybster broch, Caithness.

Internal wall courses at Nybster broch.

Part of the outer ditch surrounding Nybster broch.

Mervyn Tower at Nybster broch, built by John Nicolson to commemorate the work of Sir Francis Tress Barry, who excavated many northern broch sites in the late 19th century.

Looking along the entrance passage into the court of Nybster broch.

Walling courses at Nybster broch.

Walling course detail at Nybster broch.

Looking along the entrance passage from within Nybster broch.

An elevated view featuring the entrance passage at Nybster broch.

This composite of seven photographs shows Nybster Broch, with the entrance passage opposite.

Some of the complex of outbuildings at Nybster broch.

First view on approaching Kirk Tofts broch. The entrance passage is concealed by rampant fern growth both in front of it and along its length. The dip in the grassy ramparts indicates its location.

This is the entrance passage to Kirk Tofts broch, viewed from outside the structure, and choked by vegetation.

Viewed from within Kirk Tofts broch, this is the entrance passage, heavily choked with vegetation.

Internal walling courses on the southwest arc of Kirk Tofts broch, with the village of Keiss beyond.

This is a close-up photograph of the walling courses within the entrance passage at Kirk Tofts broch.

This is a panorama overlooking Kirk Tofts broch, looking towards the adjacent cemetery.

This is a stitched panorama taken from the rampart of Kirk Tofts broch, looking towards the village of Keiss.

Keiss South broch viewed from the south east. Although there is no masonry to verify this, the dip in the rampart corresponds with the location of the broch’s original entrance passage.

This is a stitched panorama of Keiss South broch, viewed from approximately south west. The pronounced saucer shape strongly suggests that wall masonry lurks beneath the covering of turf.

Overview of Keiss South broch from the north.

Internal walling on the southeast flank of Keiss South broch.

Internal walling courses on the eastedn flank of Keiss South broch.

A close-up view of exposed walling courses at Keiss South broch.

This is the aspect of Keiss South broch viewed from above its retaining wall.

This is a flash photograph taken looking into Clagain Souterrain from just inside the entrance portal.

This shows the steep access path to the Table.
The rock buttress on the right is the Prison and the pinnacle at centre is the Needle.
The Table lies directly behind the Needle.

The view from the roadside – Dun Chealamy atop its steep mound.

This is a stitched panorama of six photographs, across Dun Chealamy.

Just this short stretch on the periphery of the broch still reveals walling courses.

Steep slopes fall from the broch to the Carnachy Burn.

The intrusive, relatively recently built cairn.

The pillaged interior at Dun Chealamy.