Carn Liath Broch
Carn Liath Broch
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ScotlandGuide
scotland152 contributions
Sept 2020 • Family
Visited area many times over the years but never visited Carn Liath before. Car park on opposite side of busy road so take care crossing. Once over there is a footpath to take you to the Broch well maintained information plaque and beautiful views. Worth a visit just past Dunrobin Castle and there is a food van in car park for cold/hot drinks n snacks.
Written 22 September 2020
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BT3rd
Datchet, UK7,406 contributions
Sept 2021 • Couples
This is yards off the A99 on a dangerous bend so we parked in the signposted lay-by and took the path to this beautifully situated Broch overlooking the North Sea.
It is well preserved bearing in mind now easily it is to get to.
Well worth stopping if passing.
It is well preserved bearing in mind now easily it is to get to.
Well worth stopping if passing.
Written 7 September 2021
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Leslie W
166 contributions
Jun 2023
Carn Liath is the easiest broch ever to visit. It's right beside the A9. There's a designated car park across the highway, and a path to a marked road crossing. The broch has interpretive signs, an easy approach path, and a great sea view. What's not to like?
Written 13 August 2023
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Yvonne O
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Jul 2024 • Couples
Ample parking across the road but need to take real care crossing the very busy A9. Wild and woolly on the day of the visit and had the broch all to ourselves. The information provided is ample but for such an historic site there should be more to promote the site. Well worth a visit
Written 8 August 2024
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Paul B
Chirnside Park, Australia1,123 contributions
Jun 2024 • Couples
This is a living broch, more than a cairn. The car park is across the road but not well sign posted on how to get to cairn if you park to the right. Walk away from the cairn to cross road safely and then down a track.
The broch/cairn is really cool, yiu can walk inside, upstairs and on the top of it a good information board is present.
The broch/cairn is really cool, yiu can walk inside, upstairs and on the top of it a good information board is present.
Written 15 June 2024
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Albia-Newton
Evanton, UK4,722 contributions
Sept 2020 • Couples
An Iron Age Broch. Not complete but enough remains to get a good feel for what it would have been like
Written 18 September 2020
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Annie M
Brighton and Hove, UK337 contributions
Oct 2016 • Friends
Add a bit of late sunshine to the mix and the walk along the beach from Brora is a perfect way to spend a Saturday afternoon. I am always amazed at how empty the beach here is and you can enjoy watching e seals - who are as curious about you as you are about them- swimming in the water, or hauled up on the beach depending on the tide.
The Broch is an added bonus to the walk. It is well preserved and restored and gives you a real sense of the long history of the area and the importance of the sea for travel all those years ago.
The Broch is an added bonus to the walk. It is well preserved and restored and gives you a real sense of the long history of the area and the importance of the sea for travel all those years ago.
Written 9 October 2016
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mjfildes
London, UK37 contributions
Sept 2016 • Friends
We saw the sign and pulled in to investigate.
The cairn itself is good condition considering its age. It is amazing to understand how people lived and something I knew very ittle about. After visiting the Ciarn, we walked down to the sea and the beach was full of seals!
If you do pass, it is worth walking down even if only for half hour - make sure you have walking boots, the beach is pebble and moves underfoot.
The cairn itself is good condition considering its age. It is amazing to understand how people lived and something I knew very ittle about. After visiting the Ciarn, we walked down to the sea and the beach was full of seals!
If you do pass, it is worth walking down even if only for half hour - make sure you have walking boots, the beach is pebble and moves underfoot.
Written 8 October 2016
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janti2015
Maleny, Australia11 contributions
Jul 2015 • Solo
If you are interested in Brochs, this is one of the more accessible and better preserved ones on the Scots mainland. It's worth reading up on these iron-age dry stone buildings before visiting - understanding what you are looking at will give a better experience.
Written 26 July 2015
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Adam B
Edinburgh, UK15 contributions
Jul 2014 • Family
Historic Scotland have done a grand job of making this broch worth visiting - once you carefully cross a stretch of the A9, as you have to park on the other side of the road to it.
Years ago when I was growing up in the area you couldn't get inside the building, but now it's accessible. With an internal staircase and wide walls it is perfect for games of hide and seek / tig involving children and dogs and it is a must-visit location on any stays with family in Brora.
It's rare we find anyone else there when we visit and after a running around for a while it's nice just to sit on the grassy bank and look out over the Moray Firth or along to Dunrobin and Ben Bhraggie.
There are also good information panels at the site to give you some of the fascinating history of the brochs.
Years ago when I was growing up in the area you couldn't get inside the building, but now it's accessible. With an internal staircase and wide walls it is perfect for games of hide and seek / tig involving children and dogs and it is a must-visit location on any stays with family in Brora.
It's rare we find anyone else there when we visit and after a running around for a while it's nice just to sit on the grassy bank and look out over the Moray Firth or along to Dunrobin and Ben Bhraggie.
There are also good information panels at the site to give you some of the fascinating history of the brochs.
Written 19 July 2014
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