Duntulm
Duntulm is a township situated on the northwest coast of the Trotternish peninsula on the Isle of Skye, and is made up of Shulista and South Duntulm. It is located on the single-track A855 road about 24 miles north of Portree.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Hamlet
- Description: crofting township in Highland, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Dùn Tuilm”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Duntulm Castle and Skye Museum of Island Life.
Duntulm Castle
Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Duntulm Castle stands ruined on the north coast of Trotternish, on the Isle of Skye in Scotland, near the hamlet of Duntulm. During the 17th century it was the seat of the chiefs of Clan MacDonald of Sleat. It is a scheduled monument.
Skye Museum of Island Life
Museum
Photo: HelgeRieder, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Skye Museum of Island Life is a museum in Kilmuir, Skye, Scotland, which is dedicated to preserving a township of thatched cottages as they would have been on Skye at the end of the 18th century. Skye Museum of Island Life is situated 2 miles southwest of Duntulm.
Tigh Talamhain Souterrain
Archaeological site
Photo: Dave Fergusson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tigh Talamhain Souterrain is an archaeological site, which is situated 1½ miles south of Duntulm.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shulista and Connista.
Kilmaluag
Village
Photo: Sandy Gemmill, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kilmaluag is a township made up of several small settlements on the most northerly point of the Trotternish peninsula of the Isle of Skye, Scotland. Kilmaluag is within the parish of Kilmuir.
Duntulm
- Categories: crofting township and locality
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.68203° or 57° 40′ 55″ northLongitude
-6.34097° or 6° 20′ 28″ westElevation
128 feet (39 metres)Open location code
9C9MMMJ5+RJOpenStreetMap ID
node 4340116816OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Duntulm” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Duntulm”
- Breton: “Dùn Tuilm”
- Dutch: “Duntulm”
- French: “Duntulm”
- Irish: “Dùn Tuilm”
- Manx: “Dùn Tuilm”
- Persian: “دانتولم”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Dùn Tuilm”
- Welsh: “Dùn Tuilm”
- “Dùn Tuilm”
- “Duntulm”
- “Duntulm - Dùn Tuilm”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Duntulm”. Photo: Wojsyl, CC BY-SA 3.0.