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<< Our Photo Pages >> Dun Na Cleite - Stone Fort or Dun in Scotland in Isle of Tiree

Submitted by SolarMegalith on Wednesday, 08 February 2023  Page Views: 1717

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Dun Na Cleite
Country: Scotland County: Isle of Tiree Type: Stone Fort or Dun
Nearest Town: Balephuil
Map Ref: NL97403850
Latitude: 56.441267N  Longitude: 6.911726W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
5 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
3 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
5

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SolarMegalith visited on 6th Sep 2022 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 5 Access: 3 Dr John Holliday from the Tiree Museum guided me to the site.

Dun Na Cleite
Dun Na Cleite submitted by SolarMegalith : Dun Na Cleite - view from the north (photo taken on September 2022). (Vote or comment on this photo)
Stone Fort in Isle of Tiree. An Iron Age fort is located on a spectacular rocky headland in the South-Western part of the island. The collapsed inner wall encloses the area of 21 x 17 m. Below it there is another wall with a significant stretch of the outer wall-face visible.

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Dun Na Cleite
Dun Na Cleite submitted by SolarMegalith : View from Dun Na Cleite to the west (photo taken on September 2022). (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dun Na Cleite
Dun Na Cleite submitted by SolarMegalith : Dun Na Cleite - outer wall-face of the fort (photo taken on September 2022). (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dun Na Cleite
Dun Na Cleite submitted by SolarMegalith : View from Dun Na Cleite to the east (photo taken on September 2022). (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
NL9738 : Rock south coast of Tiree by Alan Reid
by Alan Reid
©2019(licence)
NL9738 : Natural arch near An Snoig by Roger McLachlan
by Roger McLachlan
©2007(licence)
NL9738 : Near the fort by Roger McLachlan
by Roger McLachlan
©2007(licence)
NL9738 : Pebble beach on the south coast of Tiree by Roger McLachlan
by Roger McLachlan
©2007(licence)
NL9738 : Allt Ban as it reaches the sea by Roger McLachlan
by Roger McLachlan
©2007(licence)

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