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find /path/to/base/dir/* -type d -ctime +10 -exec rm -rf {} \;

Explanation:

find: the unix command for finding files / directories / links etc.
/path/to/base/dir: the directory to start your search in.
-type d: only find directories
-ctime +10: only consider the ones with modification time older than 10 days
-exec ... \;: for each such result found, do the following command in ...
rm -rf {}: recursively force remove the directory; the {} part is where the find
result gets substituted into from the previous part.

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