Name: Dun Carloway II
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Dun Carloway II

£18.50 – £140.00

This image is available as:

50 x 50cm giclée print mounted with an off-white mount board (image size 30 x30cm) – £140.00;

30 x 30cm giclée print mounted with an off-white mount board (image size 18 x18cm) – £80.00; or

pack of 6 greetings cards with envelopes, each in a cello bag – £18.50.

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Dun Carloway is what remains of an Iron Age broch or fortified dwelling that was built sometime between 100BC and 100AD. This sort of design is only found in Scotland and are examples of some of the most sophisticated dry stone architecture ever created. Their origin and precise purpose is still the subject of fierce debate amongst archaeologists. The view that is currently favoured is that a hybrid culture of immigrants and native Hebrideans developed the design themselves and that they were built as the equivalent of a country house, designed to demonstrate wealth, power and status.