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Dun Maraig
Date Added: 17th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Fort or Dun
Country: Scotland (Isle of Skye)
Visited: Yes on 13th Apr 2010
Dun Maraig submitted by Creative Commons on 13th Apr 2010. The tidal island of Dun Maraig in Poll na h-Ealaidh has the vague remains of a fort on it. Once it was connected to the shore by a causeway, and it is still possible to walk across to it at very low tide.
Perhaps more interestingly, the small island was won as the star prize in a 1994 German TV game show by a Stefan Schluznus of Bremen. A pretty useless, but fun, sort of prize.
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Dun Arkaig
Date Added: 17th Sep 2010
Site Type: Broch or Nuraghe
Country: Scotland (Isle of Skye)
Visited: Yes on 13th Apr 2010
Dun Arkaig submitted by Creative Commons on 13th Apr 2010. The remains of the broch sit on a rocky plinth about 15m above the level of the surrounding land on the south side of Glen Ose.
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Dun Ban (Loch Hornaraigh)
Date Added: 17th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Fort or Dun
Country: Scotland (North Uist)
Visited: Yes on 13th Apr 2010
Dun Ban (Loch Hornaraigh) submitted by Andy B on 13th Apr 2010. An ancient fort in Loch Hornaraigh. The hill in the background is Eabhal.
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Dun na h-Airde
Date Added: 17th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Fort or Dun
Country: Scotland (Isle of Skye)
Visited: Yes on 14th Apr 2010
Dun na h-Airde submitted by Andy B on 14th Apr 2010. This natural lump of rock gave a great start to the construction of the promontory enclosure, Dun na h-Airde, that sat on it.
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Healabhal Mhor chambered cairn
Date Added: 17th Sep 2010
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Isle of Skye)
Visited: Yes on 14th Apr 2010
Healabhal Mhor chambered cairn submitted by Creative Commons on 14th Apr 2010. Chambered cairn on Healabhal Mhor summit
The cairn is tumbled, but the individual burial chambers are still clearly visible in the ruins.
In the distance can be seen the Ben Aketil wind power station, under construction in and around
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Kensalyre Stone
Date Added: 17th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Scotland (Isle of Skye)
Visited: Yes on 14th Apr 2010
Kensalyre Stone submitted by Andy B on 14th Apr 2010. A short and bulky standing stone on the moorland. The view beyond it is over the settlement of Annishader, with Hartaval and the Storr on the horizon.
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Dun Totaig
Date Added: 17th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Fort or Dun
Country: Scotland (Isle of Skye)
Visited: Yes on 14th Apr 2010
Dun Totaig submitted by Andy B on 14th Apr 2010. An excavated dun built on the summit of a small rocky ridge near Uiginish. It sits about 9m above the surrounding area and consists of several chambers and a well defined entranceway.
The windswept trees behind evidence the exposed nature of the location.
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Dun Skudiburgh
Date Added: 17th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Fort or Dun
Country: Scotland (Isle of Skye)
Visited: Yes on 14th Apr 2010
Dun Skudiburgh submitted by Andy B on 14th Apr 2010. Dun is the Gaelic for fort,which was built on a suitable crag or look out. This photo shows what a fantastis spot this was to see any invader coming in from the sea. The dun seemed to have arrived with the Brthonic Celts in about the 7th century BC. They are associated with the Iron Age culture of warrior tribes and petty chieftains. The duns were often smaller than brochs and were not capable of supporting large, tall structures. When does a dun become a broch?
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Dun Eyre
Date Added: 17th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Fort or Dun
Country: Scotland (Isle of Skye)
Visited: Yes on 14th Apr 2010
Dun Eyre submitted by Creative Commons on 14th Apr 2010. There is not a lot of the structure of the dun left to be seen, though there is no doubting the remains. It sat on top of this eminence, about 150m above Loch Eyre. The eminence itself is about 5m above the surrounding land. This view is looking up to the site with a double row of boulders marking the approach to the fort.
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Standing stones below Dun Cruinn
Date Added: 17th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: Scotland (Isle of Skye)
Visited: Yes on 14th Apr 2010
Standing stones below Dun Cruinn submitted by Andy B on 14th Apr 2010. Standing stones below Dun Cruinn
A line of short standing stones marking the approach to the iron age hill fort of Dun Cruinn. The water is Loch Snizort Beag.
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Dun Cruinn
Date Added: 17th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Fort or Dun
Country: Scotland (Isle of Skye)
Visited: Yes on 14th Apr 2010
Dun Cruinn submitted by Andy B on 14th Apr 2010. The outlines of a large iron age settlement here are clear. These were the outlying buildings below the hill fort of Dun Cruinn.
Beyond is Loch Snizort Beag.
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Dun Diarmaid
Date Added: 17th Sep 2010
Site Type: Broch or Nuraghe
Country: Scotland (Isle of Skye)
Visited: Yes on 14th Apr 2010
Dun Diarmaid submitted by Andy B on 14th Apr 2010. There is not much left of this dun. Just a pile of tumbled stones on top of the 10m high knoll above Loch Beag.
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Unnamed dun at Kingsburgh
Date Added: 17th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Fort or Dun
Country: Scotland (Isle of Skye)
Visited: Yes on 14th Apr 2010
Unnamed dun at Kingsburgh submitted by Creative Commons on 14th Apr 2010. Site of an unnamed dun at Kingsburgh
The ruins of a dun are clearly visible on the summit of this crag at Kingsburgh, but they are not noted on the map - nor are they recorded anywhere else I can find.
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Dun Abhuinn Bhaile Mheadhonaich
Date Added: 17th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Fort or Dun
Country: Scotland (Isle of Skye)
Visited: Yes on 14th Apr 2010
Dun Abhuinn Bhaile Mheadhonaich submitted by Andy B on 14th Apr 2010. The remains of the dun above Loch Caroy. Only the foundation course is visible on the outside, while the inside, seen here, is filled with grassed over tumble.
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Dun Flashader
Date Added: 17th Sep 2010
Site Type: Broch or Nuraghe
Country: Scotland (Isle of Skye)
Visited: Yes on 14th Apr 2010
Dun Flashader submitted by Andy B on 14th Apr 2010. The outer wall is tumbled but its course is clear around the edge of an 8m high crag, some 60m above Loch Greshornish.
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Drumuie Standing Stone
Date Added: 17th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Scotland (Isle of Skye)
Visited: Yes on 14th Apr 2010
Drumuie Standing Stone submitted by Andy B on 14th Apr 2010. A singleton stone close to the main Portree to Uig road.
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Dun Garsin
Date Added: 17th Sep 2010
Site Type: Broch or Nuraghe
Country: Scotland (Isle of Skye)
Visited: Yes on 14th Apr 2010
Dun Garsin submitted by Andy B on 14th Apr 2010. A basalt knoll forming a good defensive site for a fort above Glen Bracadale.
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Dun Cnoc a'Sga
Date Added: 17th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Fort or Dun
Country: Scotland (Isle of Skye)
Visited: Yes on 14th Apr 2010
Dun Cnoc a'Sga submitted by Andy B on 14th Apr 2010. Cnoc a'Sga is a flat topped hill rising to a height of 80m. At the south western end of the summit plateau are the scanty remains of a dun, largely grassed over. A few of the outer foundation stones remain in position and the outline of the fort is marked only by an irregular ring of dislodged blocks. At the left end in this picture can be seen a circular cairn about 7m in diameter and 1m high surmounted by a smaller modern cairn.
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Dun Gerashader
Date Added: 17th Sep 2010
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: Scotland (Isle of Skye)
Visited: Yes on 14th Apr 2010
Dun Gerashader submitted by Andy B on 14th Apr 2010. Remains of a fort north of Portree
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Dun Santavaig
Date Added: 17th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Fort or Dun
Country: Scotland (Isle of Skye)
Visited: Yes on 14th Apr 2010
Dun Santavaig submitted by Creative Commons on 14th Apr 2010. A fort on the east shore of Loch Snizort Beag. Part of the remains of a defensive wall can be seen near the skyline. The stones on the slope were once part of the construction. A wonderful natural defensive position.
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