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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.
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.
He was originally a man named Friuch, a pig-keeper, who worked for Bodb Dearg, king of the Munster sidh.He fell out with Rucht, who was a pig-keeper for Ochall Ochne, king of the Connaught sidh.
Clan Morrison is a Scottish clan.The Highland Clan Morrison is traditionally associated with the Isle of Lewis and Harris (Leòdhas) around Ness (Nis), Dun Pabbay, and Barvas (Barabhas), lands in Sutherland around Durness, and in North Uist.
Dùn Morbhaidh, also known as Dun Borbaidh, is a hill fort located on the Inner Hebridean island of Coll. The early 20th century antiquary Erskine Beveridge considered it as one of the four most interesting fortifications on Coll (along with Dùn an Achaidh , Dùn Anlaimh , and Dùn Dubh ). [ 1 ]
The alternate names associated with Crom Dubh at Downpatrick Head include Cormac Dubh, Geodrisg, Deodrisg and Leodrisg. In other stories St. Patrick banishes the snakes of Ireland to Dun Briste. [3] According to another local folktale, Crom Dubh was a servant of St. Patrick who gathered wood for the Saint to cook food for the needy. Crom Dubh ...
Dùn an Achaidh, sometimes Anglicised as Dun Acha, is a dun located near the village of Acha on the Inner Hebridean island of Coll. It is considered the best preserved dun on the island. The site of Dùn an Achaidh is located at grid reference. According to local tradition, the dun was the stronghold of, and named after, the son of a Norse king.
Dùn Anlaimh on Loch nan Cinneachan, about 1905. Dùn Anlaimh, also known as Dùn Amhlaidh, and Eilean nan Cinneachan, is a crannog (an artificial island), located within Loch nan Cinneachan on the Inner Hebridean island of Coll.