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Opening times and prices

Dun Carloway is open all year round and free to visit. 

For visitor information, please call Arnol Blackhouse on 01851 710 395.

How to get here

1.5 miles south of Carloway, about 16 miles north west of Stornoway, Lewis on the A858. 

Access to the site is via a rough path across agricultural land. The access points into the site are low. Strong footwear recommended. Please do not climb on the broch walls.

View Dun Carloway on a Google map

Journey Planners

Search for National Cycle Network routes with the Walk Wheel Cycle Trust.

Plan your journey by public transport using Traveline Scotland.

Address

Near Carloway
Lewis

National Grid reference:

NB 189 412

Contact

01851 710 395
Close up of a spring lamb in a field. Its tongue is poking out and it has a very sweet expression on its face.

Visit responsibly

This site sits on working farmland. Please follow guidance to keep you and animals safe.
Read the Scottish Outdoor Access Code

Historic places nearby

Calanais Standing Stones

Walk among the megaliths at one of Scotland’s most magnificent and best-preserved Neolithic monuments - the Calanais Standing Stones.

6 miles

Not included in Explorer Pass

Blackhouse, Arnol

Gain a unique insight into island life at Arnol Blackhouse, a traditional, fully furnished thatched house that once sheltered a family and its animals under the same roof.

9 miles

Steinacleit Cairn and Stone Circle

Wander around this curious prehistoric enclosure that lay buried under a metre of peat for thousands of years.

16 miles

St Clement's Church

Plan your visit to St Clement's Church, ‘the grandest medieval building in the Western Isles’.

38 miles

Dun Beag Broch

Explore Dun Beag Broch and marvel at this unique round stone tower overlooking Loch Bracadale and the Cuillin Hills.

65 miles

Dun Dornaigil Broch

View the impressive remains and distinctive entrance of a broch tower.

79 miles