House of the Fairies
House of the Fairies is an archaeological site in Western Isles, Scotland. House of the Fairies is situated nearby to the cemetery Cladh, as well as near the archaeological site Calum Mor’s House.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Conachair and Dùn.
Dùn
Island
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dùn is an island in St Kilda, Scotland. It is nearly 1 mile long. Its name simply means "fort" in Scottish Gaelic, but the fort itself has been lost – old maps show it on Gob an Dùin, which is at the seaward end.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include St Kilda and Glen Mor.
St Kilda
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St Kilda is a small archipelago in the Atlantic, 40 miles west of the Outer Hebrides or Western Isles of Scotland, of which it's administratively part. Hirta is the main island, and there is no island called St Kilda.
House of the Fairies
- Type: Archaeological site
- Also known as: “Taigh an t-Sithiche”
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Western Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
57.8136° or 57° 48′ 49″ northLongitude
-8.57127° or 8° 34′ 17″ westOpen location code
9C9HRC7H+CFOpenStreetMap ID
node 1853849246OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Cladh and Calum Mor’s House.
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