Dun Cruinn

Dun Cruinn is a prehistoric site about 10 kilometres north-west of Portree, on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. It is on the Skerinish Peninsula, between Loch Snizort Beag and Loch Eyre.

Photo: John Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Type: Archaeological site
Description: hillfort on Skye, Highland, Scotland, UK
Also known as: “Dùn Cruinn”, “Dun Cruinn, Skye”, and “Skye, Dun Cruinn”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kensaleyre Church and Skeabost House Hotel, Skye.

Kensaleyre Church

Church

Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Kensaleyre Church is situated 3,400 feet east of Dun Cruinn.

Skeabost House Hotel, Skye

Hotel

Photo: Malcolm Manners, CC BY 2.0.

Skeabost House Hotel, Skye is situated 2 miles south of Dun Cruinn.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kensaleyre and Eyre.

Kensaleyre is a scattered crofting township, part of a group of settlements clustered around the A87 road on the shore of Loch Snizort Beag on the Trotternish peninsula of the island of Skye in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland.

Eyre

Village

Photo: John Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Eyre is a settlement on the eastern shore of Loch Snizort Beag on the northern coast of Skye in Scotland. The two Eyre standing stones are situated next to Loch Eyre. It is said that there was once a third stone here, although there is now no trace.