Dun Skudiburgh

Dun Skudiburgh is a prehistoric fort near Uig, Skye, Scotland. The site is on the west coast of Trotternish, on a steep-sided knoll about 60 metres above the shore of Loch Snizort.

Photo: IBM Ralston, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Type: Fort
Description: hillfort in Highland, Scotland, UK
Also known as: “Dùn Skudiburgh” and “Skye, Dun Skudiburgh”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Monkstadt House, Skye and Uig Tower.

Monkstadt House, Skye

Hotel

Photo: Dave Fergusson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Monkstadt House, Skye is a hotel, which is situated 1½ miles north of Dun Skudiburgh.

The Uig Tower, also known as Captain Fraser's Folly, is a nineteenth-century folly in Uig on the island of Skye in the Highlands of Scotland. It is a category B listed building. Uig Tower is situated 1½ miles southeast of Dun Skudiburgh.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Uig and Totscore.

Uig

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Uig is a village in the north of Skye, with a population of 423 in 2011. "Uig" derives from Old Norse vík, a bay, and it's a port with ferries to the Outer Hebrides.