Dun Carnachaidh Broch
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Plan your visit
✦Heritage🏡Gardens
Dogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
58.44379, -4.19221
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
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Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 8Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV12International cycle route
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Dun Vidan — Broch and Burial Chamber
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Wildlife to spot
1,596 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,596 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
springsummer
2024▾
Great Tit · Wren · Oystercatcher · Common Sandpiper · Linnet +37
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Common GullLarus canus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- TealAnas crecca
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- CuckooCuculus canorus
🦌Mammals1 species
springsummer
2024▾
Red Deer
Marsh Clubmoss · Carnation Sedge · Slender St John's-wort · Lesser Spearwort · Star Sedge +102
- Marsh ClubmossLycopodiella inundata
- Carnation SedgeCarex panicea
- Slender St John's-wortHypericum pulchrum
- Lesser SpearwortRanunculus flammula
- Star SedgeCarex echinata
- HeatherCalluna vulgaris
- Common ButterwortPinguicula vulgaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,596 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
springsummer
2024▾
Great Tit · Wren · Oystercatcher · Common Sandpiper · Linnet +37
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Common GullLarus canus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- TealAnas crecca
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- CuckooCuculus canorus
🦌Mammals1 species
springsummer
2024▾
Red Deer
Marsh Clubmoss · Carnation Sedge · Slender St John's-wort · Lesser Spearwort · Star Sedge +102
- Marsh ClubmossLycopodiella inundata
- Carnation SedgeCarex panicea
- Slender St John's-wortHypericum pulchrum
- Lesser SpearwortRanunculus flammula
- Star SedgeCarex echinata
- HeatherCalluna vulgaris
- Common ButterwortPinguicula vulgaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas