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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 .
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, several Coll traditions were published which concerned several fortifications (forts, duns, and crannogs) on the island—one of which was Dùn Dubh. One such tradition was collected by Rev. John Gregorson Campbell , a former parish minister of Tiree , and published in 1895. [ 3 ]
Fort Davis (Irish: Dún an Dáibhisigh; [1] previously Fort Carlisle), is a coastal defence fortification close to Whitegate, County Cork, Ireland.Together with similar structures at Fort Mitchel (Spike Island), Fort Camden (Crosshaven), and Templebreedy Battery (also close to Crosshaven), the fort was built to defend the mouth of Cork Harbour. [2]
Coast defence guns from World War I at Dunree Fort. The fort is located on a rocky promontory accessed over a natural fissure. Originally built as part of a series of fortifications defending Lough Swilly during the Napoleonic Wars, located opposite Knockalla Fort on the other side of the lough.
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
Dun Ardtreck is a D-shaped fortification of a type commonly regarded as a prototype broch or "semi-broch". [2] It was built with the straight side of the fort facing the sheer cliffs. [2] It encloses an area of about 13 by 10 metres. [2] It was constructed with a rudimentary hollow-wall. [2]
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
The distribution of known, surviving ringforts in Ireland. In Irish language sources they are known by a number of names: ráth (anglicised rath, also Welsh rath), lios (anglicised lis; cognate with Cornish lis), [2] caiseal (anglicised cashel), cathair (anglicised caher or cahir; cognate with Welsh caer, Cornish and Breton ker) and dún (anglicised dun or doon; cognate with Welsh and Cornish ...