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Dun Osdale, Dunvegan, Skye
Broch: OS Grid Reference – NG 24162 46424 Also Known as: Canmore ID 10832 Getting Here From the A863 Dunvegan road, a mile south of the village turn onto the B884 road at Lonmore, making sure you veer right after a few hundred … Continue reading
Posted in Brochs, Inverness-shire, Scotland, Skye
Tagged ancient history, ancient sites, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, brochs, Duirinish, dun, duns, Dunvegan, faerie, fairies, folklore, Glendale, Highlands, Inverness-shire, Iron Age, legends, little people, midsummer, prehistoric sites, sacred sites, Scotland, Scottish history, Skye, summer solstice, traditions
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Castlehill Wood, St Ninians, Stirling, Stirlingshire
Dun: OS Grid Reference – NS 75074 90902 Also Known as: Canmore ID 46233 Castlehill Wood Getting Here Take the Gateside Road from St Ninians or Polmaise Road out of Torbrex across the M9, heading out west onto the southern moors of … Continue reading
Posted in Duns, Scotland, Stirlingshire
Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, brochs, dun, duns, earth mysteries, enclosures, fortresses, heritage, Hillforts, Iron Age, Polmaise, prehistoric sites, Romano-British, sacred sites, Scotland, settlements, St. Ninians, Stirling, Stirlingshire
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Auchensalt, Thornhill, Stirlingshire
Broch: OS Grid Reference – NN 6533 0099 Also Known as: Canmore ID 24398 Easter Borland Keir Getting Here Take the A873 from Thornhill to Aberfoyle, and literally 1 mile west of Thornhill turn right up the track up and past Easter … Continue reading
Posted in Brochs, Scotland, Stirlingshire
Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, brochs, Bronze Age, duns, enclosures, fortress, forts, heritage, historic Scotland, Iron Age, Perthshire, Port of Menteith, prehistoric sites, Scottish dialect, Stirlingshire, Thornhill
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Castle Craig, Tillicoultry, Clackmannanshire
‘Fort’ (destroyed): OS Grid Reference – NS 9116 9769 Also Known as: Canmore ID 48294 Archaeology & History This ancient fort could once be seen in the ancient woodlands on the western side of the Mill Glen, above the village, going … Continue reading
Posted in Clackmannanshire, Hillforts, Scotland
Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, brochs, Bronze Age, Clackmannanshire, dun, duns, forts, heritage, Hillfoots, Hillforts, Iron Age, Ochil Hills, Ochils, pictish, Picts, prehistoric sites, Romano-British, Scotland, Tillicoultry
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Caisteal Nan Coin Dubh, Craobh Haven, Argyll
Dun: OS Grid Reference – NM 8000 0763 Also Known as: Canmore ID 22744 Archaeology & History Up above the roadside leading down the gorgeous Craobh Haven road, we not only find remains of a previously unrecorded standing stone, but we see … Continue reading
Posted in Argyll & Bute, Duns, Scotland
Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Argyll, Craignish, Craobh Haven, creation myths, duns, earth mysteries, folklore, fortresses, forts, giants, Hillforts, Iron Age, legends, prehistoric sites, sacred sites, Scotland, traditions
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Firbrush Point, Killin, Perthshire
Dun (destroyed): OS Grid Reference – NN 603 337 Archaeology & History Not to be confused with the ‘fort’ shown on modern OS-maps on the wooded slopes a few hundred yards to the south, the denuded remains of this site … Continue reading
Posted in Duns, Perthshire, Scotland
Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Breadalbane, dun, duns, earth mysteries, fortifications, forts, Iron Age, Killin, Loch Tay, Perthshire, prehistoric sites, sacred sites, Scotland
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Duncroisk, Glen Lochay, Perthshire
Dun (lost): OS Grid Reference – NN 539 386 (approximation) Also Known as: Dun croisgh Lairig Breisleich Laraig Bhreislich Archaeology & History Although this site doesn’t appear in the modern records, the remote situation of the place suggests that some remains … Continue reading
Posted in Duns, Perthshire, Scotland
Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Breadalbane, castles, dun, duns, earth mysteries, fortifications, forts, Glen Lochay, Glen Lyon, Iron Age, legends, Perthshire, sacred sites, Scotland
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Dun Toiseach, Ford, Kilmartin, Argyll
Hillfort: OS Grid Reference – NM 880 047 Getting Here You can see the rocky hillock ‘pon which this old dun sits from the roadside – and can approach it by either climbing up the slope, or go round t’ … Continue reading
Posted in Argyll & Bute, Hillforts
Tagged antiquities, Archaeology, Argyll, duns, earth mysteries, enclosures, forts, hill forts, Iron Age, Loch Awe, prehistoric sites, Scotland, settlements, vitrified forts, walling
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Dun Chathach, Connel, Argyll
Hillfort: OS Grid Reference – NM 967 340 Also known as: Dun Cathich Getting Here Go up from Oban on the A85, past Connel and towards Taynuilt, keeping your eye out for where the train-line crosses the road. Just before … Continue reading
Posted in Argyll & Bute, Hillforts
Tagged antiquities, Archaeology, Argyll, Connel, dun, duns, folk-lore, folklore, hill fort, Hillforts, Iron Age, legends, Lorn, Oban, prehistoric sites, Scotland, Taynuilt
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