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Dun Carloway

United Kingdom

The 186th tallest tower in the world

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Dun Carloway (Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Chàrlabhaigh) is a broch situated in the district of Carloway, on the west coast of the Isle of Lewis, Scotland (grid reference NB18994122). It is a remarkably well preserved broch – on the east side parts of the old wall still reach to 9 metres tall.

Building data from Wikidata (CC0); heights normalised. Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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