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© Lonely Planet Publications 467 Index A air travel 449-51 art galleries, see galleries A’ChillABBREVIATIONS 352 airlines 449-50, 452 arts 43-9, see also individual arts AbbeyACT St Bathan’sAustralian 154 Capital airports 449-50 Assynt 370 Territory abbeys to/from Scotland 450 ATMs 444 NSW New South Wales Arbroath Abbey 240 within Scotland 452 Auchagallon 169 NT Northern Territory Crossraguel Abbey 177 Alford 257-8 Auchmithie 240 Qld Queensland Culross Abbey 207 Alladale Wilderness Lodge & Reserve Auchterarder 220-1 SA South Australia Dryburgh Abbey 159 357 Autumn Speyside Whisky Festival 262 Tas Tasmania Dunfermline Abbey 208 Alloway 175-6 Aviemore 330-3, 331 Vic Victoria Inchcolm Abbey 115 Alyth 231 Ayr 173-5, 174 WA Western Australia Iona Abbey 309 Am Blaran Odhar 367 Ayrshire 166-77 Jedburgh Abbey 160 An Coroghon 352 Kelso Abbey 155 An T-Ath Leathann 381 B Melrose Abbey 158, 274 An Tairbeart 397 B&Bs 437 Paisley Abbey 147 An Teallach 374 Ba’ 409 Saddell Abbey 288 Angus 234-45 Badbea 359 Sweetheart Abbey 180 animal parks Bagh a’ Chaisteil 401 Abbot House Heritage Centre 208 Kingspark Llama Farm 359 bagpipes 40, 276 Abbotsford 159-60 Mabie Farm Park 180 Balfour Castle 419 Aberdeen 245-52, 247 Oban Rare Breeds Farm Park 297 Balivanich 400 INDEX Aberdeen Art Gallery 248 animals 64-6, see also individual species Ballater 254-5 Aberdeenshire 245-60 Annandale 189-90 Balloch 277 Aberdour 207 Anstruther 214-15 Balmaha 278 Aberdour Castle 207 Appin 314-15 Balmoral Castle 255, 9 Aberfeldy 223 Applecross 375 Balnakeil 368 Aberfoyle 199-200 aquariums Balquhidder 202-3 Aberlemno stones 241-2 Loch Lomond Aquarium 277 Balranald Nature Reserve 67, 399-400 accommodation 436-8, see also Macduff Marine Aquarium 264 Banff 264 individual locations Orkney Marine Life Aquarium 413 Banks, Iain 19, 45, 46 costs 436-7 Robertson Museum & Aquarium 167 Bannockburn 195 Achavanich standing stones 361 Arbroath 240-1 Barnhouse Neolithic Village 416 Achiltibuie 371 Arbroath Abbey 240 Barra 401-3 Achmelvich 370 Arbroath smokie 240 Barraigh 401-3 activities, see individual activities, see architecture 49-51 Barrie, JM 242 also adventure activities books 51 Battle of Bannockburn 195 Achnabreck 286 Ardbeg 290 Baxters Highland Village 265 Adam, Robert 51, 88, 132-3, 157, Ardgay 356 beaches 177 Ardmore Islands 290 Aberdeen 248 adventure activities Ardnamurchan lighthouse 346 Achmelvich 370 Carrbridge 335 Ardnamurchan Natural History Centre Am Blaran Odhar 367 courses 333 346 Ayr 173 Isle of Arran 170 Ardnamurchan Point 346 Bettyhill 367 Isle of Seil 302 Ardrossan 168 Carradale 288 Isle of Tiree 313 Argyll’s Lodging 193 Coldbackie 367 Landmark Forest Heritage Park Arisaig 348 Dornoch 358 335 Armadale 382 Dunnet Head 364 Loch Morlich 333 Arnisdale 378 Durness 368, 273 Loch Tummel 225-6 Arnol 395 Earlsferry 216 Perthshire 224 Arnol Blackhouse 395 Elie 216 Ailsa Craig 177 Arrochar 279-80 Gairloch 374 468 Index (B) Index (B-C) 469 beaches continued Bigton 430 Blairgowrie 230-1 Bowmore 291 Burrell Collection 130 Loch Tummel 225-6 Great Bernera 396 bird-watching 60 Blantyre 164 Bowmore Distillery 263, 291 Burroughston Broch 419 Oban 298-9 Harris 397, 398 Ailsa Craig 177 Bo’ness 205 Bracklinn Falls 200 business hours 438 Caol Acain 381 Isle of Bute 282 Berneray 403 Bo’ness & Kinneil Railway 205 Brae 432-3 bus travel Cape Wrath 369 Isle of Coll 310 Bressay 428-9 Boat of Garten 335 Braemar 255-7 to/from Scotland 451 car travel 451, 453-5 Isle of Colonsay 296 Caerlaverock Wildlife & Wetlands boat travel, see also canal boating, Braemar Castle 256 within Scotland 453 driving licences 454 Isle of Mull 307, 308, 11 Centre 180 canoeing & kayaking, sailing Braemar Gathering 256, 442 ButeLive 282 insurance 454 Isle of Skye 387 Clo Mor cliffs 369 to/from Scotland 452 Bragar 395 Butt of Lewis 395 road rules 454 Kildonan 169 Culbin Forest 265 within Scotland 453 Breadalbane Folklore Centre 204 to/from Scotland 451 Killinallan 292 Fair Isle 431 boat trips 348 Brechin 244-5 C within Scotland 453 Lewis 353, 10 Fetlar Royal Society for the Achiltibuie 371 Bressay 428-9 Caenlochan National Nature Reserve caravan parks 437 Lossiemouth 262 Protection of Birds Reserve 435 Ailsa Craig 177 breweries, see also beer 67, 243 carbon offset 450 Lunan Bay 241 Fowlsheugh nature reserve 253 Campbeltown 288 Black Isle Brewery 56 Caerlaverock Castle 180 Cardoness Castle 183 Mealista 396 Gairloch 374 Crinan Canal 285 Bridge of Allan Brewery 197 Caerlaverock Wildlife & Wetlands Carlabagh 395 Melvich 367 Huntly 260 Falkirk Wheel 206 Colonsay Brewery 56, 296 Centre 180 Carloway 395 Morar 348 Isle of Coll 310 Gairloch 374 Islay Ales 56, 291 Cairngorm Mountain Railway 334 Carn an Fhreiceadain 336 Nairn 324 Isle of Colonsay 296 Glasgow 119, 125 Isle of Arran Brewery 169 Cairngorms 329-37, 330, 273 Carradale 288 Oban 298 Isle of Islay 289, 290 Glen Coe 338 Isle of Skye Brewery 56 Cairngorms National Park 66, 67, Carrbridge 334-5 Oldshoremore 369 Isle of May 214 Inchcolm 115 Sulwath Brewery 181 329, 330 Carsaig Arches 307 Orkney Islands 413, 421 Isle of Mull 305 Inverness 319 Traquair House Brewery 56 Cairn o’Get 361 cash 444 Portnahaven 292 Isle of Staffa 310 Isle of Iona 309 Valhalla Brewery 434 cairns 27 Castle Campbell 205 Sandwood Bay 369 Loch Etive 314 Isle of May 214-15 Williams Bros 56 Blackhammer 419 Castle Douglas 181-2 Shetland Islands 430 Loch Ken 181 Isle of Skye 384 Bridge of Allan 197-8 Braeside 421 Castle Fraser 254 Stoer 369-70 Miavaig 396 Linlithgow 118 Brig 361 Cairn o’Get 361 Castle Kennedy Gardens 188 Tongue 367 Mingulay 403 Loch Awe 314-15 Broadford 381-2 Grey Cairns of Camster 361 Castle Menzies 224 INDEX Uig 388 Montrose 241 Loch Etive 314 brochs 49 Holm of Papay 423 Castle of Mey 363 Whiting Bay 169 North Berwick 117 Loch Glencoul 369 Broch of Gurness 417 Huntersquoy 421 Castle Tioram 347 INDEX Bearnaraigh 399 North Ronaldsay 423 Loch Katrine 202 Burroughston Broch 419 Kilmartin Glen 285 Castlebay 401 Bearnaraigh (uninhabited) 403 North Uist 399 Loch Lomond 277, 278 Clickimin Broch 426 Knowe of Yarso 419 Castlehill 364 Beauly 324 Noss 67, 428-9 Loch Ness 329 Dun Carloway 395 Midhowe Cairn 419-20 castles 51 beer 56, 271, see also breweries organisations 60 Loch Tay 224 Dun Dornaigil 368 Prince’s Cairn 348 Aberdour Castle 207 festivals 97 Orkney Islands 405, 422, 423 Oban 299 Dun Telve 378 Taversoe Tuick 419 Ardvreck Castle 370 Beinn Mhor 400 Pabbay 403 Orkney Islands 413, 423 Dun Troddan 378 Torrylinn Cairn 169 Balfour Castle 419 Beinn Na Faoghla 400 Perthshire 224 Papa Westray 423 Midhowe Broch 420 Vinquoy 421 Balmoral Castle 255, 9 Bell’s Blair Athol Distillery 227 Queen Elizabeth Forest Park 199 St Kilda 402 Mousa Broch 430 Calanais 395 Blair Castle 230 Ben A’an 202 St Kilda 402 Smoo cave 368 Broch of Gurness 417 Caledonian Canal 329 Bothwell Castle 164 Ben Bhraggie 358 Scottish Seabird Centre 116-17 South Mainland 413 Brochel Castle 389 Caledonian Railway 244-5 Braemar Castle 256 Ben Challum 204 seasons 18 Stonehaven 253 Brodick 168-9 Callander 200-2, 201 Brochel Castle 389 Ben Hope 368 Shetland Islands 428-9, 429-30, Trossachs 200 Brodie Castle 324 Callanish 395, 274 Brodick Castle & Park 168-9 Ben Lawers 204 431, 432, 433, 435 Ullapool 372 Brough 361 Campbeltown 288 Brodie Castle 324 Ben More 307 Unst 434, 12 Boddam 430 Broughton House 182 camping 57, 437 Caerlaverock Castle 180 Ben Nevis 316, 345, 272 Westray 422 Bonar Bridge 356-7 Broughty Ferry 239 Campsies 198-9 Cardoness Castle 183 Ben Venue 202 Yell 433 Bonnie Prince Charlie 26, 34, 323, Brown, George Mackay 45, 415 canal boating 63, 118 Castle Campbell 205 Benbecula 400 birds 65 347, 348, 388, 389, 400 Brown & White Caterthuns 244 Cannich 324 Castle Fraser 254 Benmore Botanic Garden 281 Birnam 226-7 book festivals 97, 158, 442 Bruichladdich Distillery 263, 292 canoeing & kayaking 61 Castle Menzies 224 Berneray 399 Birsay 417 books, see also literature Buachaille Etive Mor 337 Ballater 255 Castle of Mey 363 Berneray (uninhabited) 403 Bishop’s Palace 409 architecture 51 Bunessan 308 Edinburgh 92 Castle Sinclair 361 Bettyhill 367 Black Isle 56, 325-7 festivals 442 Burg 307 Glen Coe 338 Castle Tioram 347 Bharpa Langass 399 Blackhammer 419 food 52, 53, 54 Burns, Robert 44-5, 52, 175, 176, 281 Isle of Arran 170 Castle Varrich 367 bicycle travel, see cycling blackhouses 389, 390, 391-2, 397 history 27, 28, 31, 34 festivals 173, 441 Isle of Skye 379 Cawdor Castle 324 Biggar 165-6 Arnol Blackhouse 395 travel literature 19 monuments 89 Isle of Tiree 313 Corgarff Castle 258 Blackhouse Museum 395 wildlife 64, 65 museums 82, 178 Loch Insh 334 Craigievar Castle 258 000 Map pages Gearrannan Blackhouse Village 395 Borders Abbeys Way 152, 156 Burns an’ a’ That 173, 441 Loch Ken 181 Craigmillar Castle 90 000 Photograph pages Blackwaterfoot 169 Borders region 24, 150-63 Burns Night 441 Loch Lomond 277 Craignethan Castle 165 Blair Castle 230 Bothwell Castle 164 Burray 412 Loch Morlich 333 Crathes Castle 254 470 Index (C) Index (C-E) 471 castles continued caves St Nicholas’ Church (South Craigmillar Castle 90 Plockton 377 Dun Bheagain 387 Cruggleton Castle 186 Boat cave 310 Mainland) 413 Craignethan Castle 165 Queen Elizabeth Forest Park 199 Dun Caan 389 Culzean Castle 176-7 Davaar 288 St Nicholas Church (Aberdeen) 246 Craignure 304-5 Road to the Isles 347 Dun Carloway 395 Dean Castle 173 Fingal’s Cave 310 St Ninian’s Chapel 186 Crail 214 St Andrews 210 Dun Dornaigil 368 Dirleton Castle 117 King’s Cave 169 St Serfs church 220 Cramond 90-1 southern Scotland 184 Dun Leccamore 302 Doune Castle 198 Mackinnon’s cave 308 St Tarquin’s Church
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    Property in Care (PIC) ID: PIC330 & PIC331 Designations: Scheduled Monument (SM90152) Taken into State care: 1885 (Guardianship) Last reviewed: 2004 HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT SCOTLAND STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE DUN TELVE AND DUN TRODDAN (GLENELG) We continually revise our Statements of Significance, so they may vary in length, format and level of detail. While every effort is made to keep them up to date, they should not be considered a definitive or final assessment of our properties. Historic Environment Scotland – Scottish Charity No. SC045925 Principal Office: Longmore House, Salisbury Place, Edinburgh EH9 1SH Historic Environment Scotland – Scottish Charity No. SC045925 Principal Office: Longmore House, Salisbury Place, Edinburgh EH9 1SH DUN TELVE AND DUN TRODDAN BRIEF DESCRIPTION The monument comprises two broch towers that are sited less than 500m apart in the valley of Gleann Beag in Glenelg. Dun Telve stands near the river and about one third of its wall still stands to a height of over 10m. Dun Troddan is set on a terrace in the hillside a little further up the Glen. About one third of the wall survives to a height of 7.6m and it is very like its neighbour in structural detail. Each is accessible by a short walk from the road. CHARACTER OF THE MONUMENT Historical Overview • There is a rich and fascinating antiquarian and later history associated with the discovery and interpretation of broch towers/complex roundhouses as a whole. Early antiquarian drawings exist for these monuments: Alexander Gordon, about 1720; Pennant in 1772. These monuments attracted attention from an early date because they are so well-preserved.