To Dunan

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To Dunan

At Dunan is a (probably Iron Age ) hill fort . It is dominantly located in the north of "Lowlandman's Bay", a natural harbor on the east coast of the Hebridean island of Jura in Scotland . The site also includes probably the remains of a dry dock of the Vikings .

Probably: a Viking dry dock below the fortress

It has crumbled, the entrance and a few remains of the wall are still faintly visible. Above all, the strategically well-located rock on which the fort was built is visible.

literature

  • Gordon Wright: Jura's Heritage . Third edition. Craighouse, Isle of Jura, Argyll 1994, p. 15.
  • Gordon Wright: A Guide for Walkers . Craighouse, Isle of Jura, Argyll 1983, pp. 6-7.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Entry on An Dunan  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)

Coordinates: 55 ° 53 '22.7 "  N , 5 ° 52' 24.9"  W.