Once thought to have been Danish in origin, the broch is now believed to date from early Pictish times, approximately 100AD. Only two remain in existence at Glenelg the other referred to as Dun Telve, examples of the best preserved Pictish Broch Towers in Scotland. Rising to 12 metres in height, they are double walled and contain no mortar, built by stacking. The cache is not within the broch.
This cache is one of a series of six, five traditional caches and one bonus cache.To find the bonus cache you must collect information from the other five caches in the series. The information is on the back of the log book
The caches in the series are;
Glenelg - Mam Ratagan
Glenelg - Bernera Barracks
Glenelg - Lest we forget
Glenelg - Dun Telve
Glenelg - Dun Troddan
Glenelg - Bonus Cache
Glenelg is the main settlement in a remote sparsely populated peninsula lying to the South of Loch Alsh and Loch Duich in South West Ross. To the North lie Kintail and the district of Lochalsh, to the West across the sound of Sleat is the Isle of Skye and to the South, separated by Loch Hourn, is the Knoydart peninsula. It extends to an area of approximately 90 square miles and has a scattered population of around 280 permanent residents, many of these in the immediate area around Glenelg, but also in the communities of Arnisdale and Corran. During the summer tourist season the population increases three-fold by visitors staying in the area.
Even by today’s standards of improved communications, the area is classed as extremely remote, its only road link with the outside world being a single track road joining it to the main trunk route, the A87, at Shiel Bridge. The nearest large settlement is Kyle of Lochalsh, 26 miles from Glenelg, which has banks, shops and a swimming pool.
Local amenities are limited. Glenelg village houses a primary school, a small shop/post office, two seasonal cafes and one hotel.