Skye, Scotland. Day 11, 9th July.
On my way in to Dun Beag, I stopped to take a photograph of the Cuillin Hills. It probably would have worked better an hour or so later with the shadows at a different angle. However, I was at Dun Beag then.
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I am walking in to Dun Beag and turn around to see a view over Loch Harport. There is another broch on top of that headland, Dun Ardtrek.
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Turning around again from the same point, this is Dun Beag.
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A view inside the broch from atop the walls. The walls would originally have been ten metres or more higher, it would have been roofed over and there would have been two internal levels, the lower one for animals and the upper for humans.
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Another view inside the walls, this time a wider angle and looking in a different direction, towards the door of the broch.
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While I was photographing the broch a sunset was starting to happen around me.
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This is the internal stone staircase of the broch, between the two walls.
This is a small chamber inside the wall, quite close to the door passage. Probably a guard post.
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Another view of the same chamber.
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The sunset continues.
And finally a view of the broch, turning back to look at it as I walk away.
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Although I love the landscape shots you have, my favorite would have to be the image of that stairwell. Something about it is so appealing, dramatic and interesting looking. But really, every shot is fantastic.
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Thanks very much. Yes the broch stairwells are special and this one was a bit easier to photograph because there wasn’t a blaze of direct sunlight coming from the top.
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