Loch an Duin

Loch an Duin is an archaeological site in Western Isles, Scotland. Loch an Duin is situated nearby to the village Bornish, as well as near the lake Loch a‘ Mhuilinn.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Ormacleit Castle and Dun Vulan.

Ormacleit Castle

Manor estate

Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Ormacleit Castle is a ruined mansion house of the early 18th century. It is located on South Uist in the Western Isles of Scotland. It was built in the early years of the 18th century by Allan Macdonald, chief of Clanranald, and occupied from 1707. Ormacleit Castle is situated 1½ miles north of Loch an Duin.

Dun Vulan

Archaeological site

Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Dun Vulan Broch is an Iron Age broch in South Uist, Scotland. Dun Vulan is situated 2 miles west of Loch an Duin.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bornish and Milton.

Bornish

Village

Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Bornish is a village and community council area on South Uist in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Bornish is also within the civil parish of South Uist. The A865 passes through Bornish, on the route between Lochmaddy and Lochboisdale.

Milton

Village

Photo: John Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Milton is the name of a tack or tenant farm on the island of South Uist in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. It was on this tack that Jacobite heroine Flora MacDonald was born and spent her childhood. Milton is situated 2 miles south of Loch an Duin.

South Uist

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.

South Uist is an island in the Western Isles or Outer Hebrides of Scotland, with a population in 2022 of 1650. It extends 25 miles north-south and 5 miles east-west, and has long been linked by road north to Benbecula and North Uist, and since 2002 it has been linked south to Eriskay.

Loch an Duin

Type: Archaeological site
Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Western Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

57.2361° or 57° 14′ 10″ north

Longitude

-7.40264° or 7° 24′ 10″ west

Open location code

9C9J6HPW+CW

OpenStreetMap ID

node 3677950730

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=archaeological_site

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