Dunagoil
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| Dunagoil | |
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Buteshire | |
|---|---|
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| Type: | hill fort |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NS08545317 |
| Location: | 55°44’2"N, 5°3’4"W |
| History | |
| Built Iron Age | |
| Material: | Wood and stone |
| Information | |
Dunagoil is an Iron Age hill fort on the Isle of Bute in Buteshire. It is known as a dun and as a 'vitrified fort', which is to say a fort whose ramparts have been melted by intense heat.
The fort stands on a headland of anciently volcanic origin and gives its name to the bay that it overlooks. Like other places of similar name, such as Donegal in Ireland, its name is from the Gaelic dún na gall, meaning 'fort of the foreigners'.[1][2]
References
- ↑ Canmore 2009.
- ↑ Harding 2004, pp. 90–91, 141–143.
- Harding, D.W. (2004), The Iron Age in Northern Britain: Celts and Romans, Natives and Invaders, Routledge, ISBN 9781134417872
- CANMORE (RCAHMS) record of Dunagoil
