View NW of the inner wall face of Rubh' an Dunain Iron Age promontory fort, Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK, showing the projecting scarcement ledge.
View NW of the inner wall face of Rubh' an Dunain Iron Age promontory fort, Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK. 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 (rear) 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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Location: Rubh' an Dunain Promontory Dun, Loch na h-Airde, Glenbrittle, Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK
Photo credit: © Mick Sharp / Alamy / Afripics
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