View SW across Soay Sound, Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK, showing the wall of Rubh' an Dunain Iron Age promontory fort with Rhum & Canna to the rear.

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View SW across Soay Sound, Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK, showing the wall of Rubh' an Dunain Iron Age promontory fort with Rhum & Canna to the rear. The curved, drystone wall cuts off the S tip of a precipitous rocky peninsula S of Glenbrittle in Minginish, SW Skye. The wall is thick, still stands up to 3m high & has several features found in brochs: the entrance passage at the W end (R) has two door checks & there is a gallery running E-W within the wall. The inner face of the wall has a scarcement ledge & a doorway to the gallery just E of the entrance passage. The wall was probably once topped by a parapet.

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Size: 3780px × 2617px
Location: Rubh' an Dunain Promontory Dun, Loch na h-Airde, Glenbrittle, Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK
Photo credit: © Mick Sharp / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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