An Sean Chaisteal Broch

Both of the Isle of Mull brochs, Dun Nan Gall and An Sean Chaisteal, are in spectacular locations, fairly close to the road and well worth the short walks to get to them.

The following is edited from The Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland, 1980, Vol. 3, Mull, Tiree, Coll & Northern Argyll.The following is edited from The Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland, 1980, Vol. 3, Mull, Tiree, Coll & Northern Argyll.

NM 551 498 is situated 640m NNE of Ardnacross Farmhouse, overlooking the Sound of Mull. It stands on the brink of a rocky cliff 7 metres high, bordering the shoreline. From all other directions the approach is over almost level ground. The broch wall has been severely reduced and the tumbled debris now appears as a circular mound of stones about 2 metres high, with the centre slightly hollowed. However, a sufficient number of facing-stones are exposed in the surface of the mound to establish that the broch is circular on plan with a wall at least 4 metres thick enclosing a central court nearly 11 metres in diameter.

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