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Ruined dun in Loch Steinacleit on Lewis Walls of Dún Aonghasa, a dun on Inishmore, Ireland Dunamase, central Ireland (from Irish Dún Másc, "Másc's fort") A dun is an ancient or medieval fort. In Great Britain and Ireland it is mainly a kind of hillfort and also a kind of Atlantic roundhouse.
Dun most commonly refers to: Dun gene , which produces a brownish-gray color (dun) in horses and other Equidae Dun (fortification) , an ancient or medieval fort
It is also a latinization of the word "dun", separately evolved on the continent, but to the same meaning – a fortification or a hill – in several languages, particularly Gothic. [6] As such, variations of this placename are one of the most commonly recurring naming group for places in Ireland and an identifiable feature in placenames both ...
This historic view of Dunnottar Castle by the Dutch engineer John Slezer is now recognised as an incorrect labelling by his engraver. It is actually Wemyss Castle in Fife. A chapel at Dunnottar is said to have been founded by St Ninian in the 5th century, [4] although it is not clear when the site was first fortified, but in any case the legend is late and highly implausible.
Fort Dunree (Irish: An Dún Riabhach, meaning 'Grey Fort' [1] or Dún Fhraoigh meaning "Fort of Heather") [2] is a coastal defence fortification located on the west side of the Inishowen peninsula, County Donegal, Ireland.
Dún Briste (English: Dun Briste Sea Stack) is a natural sea stack or pilaster - in geomorphology called stack - that was formed in Ireland during the Carboniferous period, possibly Mississippian, approximately 350 million years ago. [1] Dún Briste sea stack
Dunasead Castle (Irish: Dún na Séad, meaning 'fort of the jewels'), [1] sometimes known as Baltimore Castle, is a 17th-century fortified house situated in the town of Baltimore in County Cork, Ireland. [2] The tower house is built on the site of an earlier Norman-era structure, which itself replaced an earlier Bronze Age ringfort. [3]
Dùn Dubh, from the southeast, in about 1900. Dùn Dubh is a hillfort, located on the Inner Hebridean island of Coll.The fort is one of three associated with a local tradition which states that they were once the fortresses of Norsemen before being defeated by a Maclean chieftain.