The ruined drystone walls of Kingscross Point fort, Isle of Arran, Scotland, UK, looking N over Lamlash Bay to Holy Island: a roughly circular dun.
The ruined drystone walls of Kingscross Point fort, Isle of Arran, Scotland, UK, looking N over Lamlash Bay to Holy Island. The roughly circular dun, with an overall diameter of , is variously described as prehistoric, Iron Age, about 2,000 years old, Roman period, Early Christian, Dark Age or early medieval, built by Scots from northern Ireland or Vikings from Norway. A cairn containing a Viking boat grave blocks the landward approach to the dun. Haakon of Norway's fleet lay in Lamlash bay prior to his defeat at the Battle of Largs in 1263. In February 1307 Robert the Bruce is reputed to have sailed from Kingscross to the Ayrshire coast to begin his campaign to end the English occupation & take back the Scottish crown.
Size: 4961px × 3709px
Location: Kingscross Point Fort, Lamlash Bay, Isle of Arran, North Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
Photo credit: © Mick Sharp / Alamy / Afripics
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