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Dun Carloway
This well preserved example of an Iron Age Broch on the island of Lewis illustrates the double-walling of the tower. The reasons for this are unclear. Suggestions include insulation, storage or as part of the building process rather than using scaffolding.
Creator
- Jim Grant
- Lee Child
Publisher
- Archaeology Data Service
Subject
- Broch
- Archaeology
- archaeology
- Archaeology
Type of item
- Digital photograph
Date
- 2006-05-10
- 2006-05-10
Creator
- Jim Grant
- Lee Child
Publisher
- Archaeology Data Service
Subject
- Broch
- Archaeology
- archaeology
- Archaeology
Type of item
- Digital photograph
Date
- 2006-05-10
- 2006-05-10
Providing institution
Aggregator
Intermediate provider
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Rights
- Jim Grant
Creation date
- 2004-Aug
Temporal
- Iron Age
Provenance
- Archaeology Image Bank: Created and hosted by the ADS for the Higher Education Academy subject centre for History, Classics and Archaeology and updated in 2011 this resource is intended as a tool for locating and sharing archaeological images for use in teaching, studying and research.
Source
- Archaeology Data Service
Identifier
- IB_118
Format
- jpg
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2020-10-30T21:38:17.408Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2022-07-25T11:21:26.369Z