Dun Skeig

Dun Skeig viewed from the south

Dun Skeig is an oval Iron Age dun (fort) overlooking West Loch Tarbert in Kintyre, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. The dun is about 45 feet in diameter with an outer wall of 13 feet thick and has a single entrance. Other prehistoric monuments on the Kintyre Peninsula include the Avinagillan standing stone.

References

Treasures of Britain (1968) Drive Publications, Automobile Association, p. 171

Coordinates: 55°45′24″N 5°34′29″W / 55.75667°N 5.57472°W / 55.75667; -5.57472

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