Dùn an Achaidh
Dùn an Achaidh, sometimes Anglicised as Dun Acha, is a dun located near the village of Acha on the Inner Hebridean island of Coll. It is considered the best preserved dun on the island.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: architectural structure in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Dun an Achaidh” and “Dun an Achaidh,fort,Acha”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Coll Airport and Dùn Anlaimh.
Coll Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Gordon Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Coll Island Airport is located 5 NM west southwest of Arinagour on the island of Coll in the Inner Hebrides.
Dùn Anlaimh
Archaeological site
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Dùn Anlaimh, also known as Dùn Amhlaidh, and Eilean nan Cinneachan, is a crannog, located within Loch nan Cinneachan on the Inner Hebridean island of Coll. Dùn Anlaimh is situated 1½ miles north of Dùn an Achaidh.
Breachacha Castle
Castle
Photo: Gordon Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Breachacha Castle is either of two structures on the shore of Loch Breachacha, on the Inner Hebridean island of Coll, Scotland. The earlier is a 15th-century tower house that was a stronghold of the Macleans of Coll, the island having been granted to John Maclean in 1431. Breachacha Castle is situated 1½ miles west of Dùn an Achaidh.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Acha and Coll.
Coll
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Coll is an island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. It's about 12 miles long by 3 miles wide and in 2011 had a population of 195, mostly in the ferry port of Arinagour.
Arinagour
Village
Photo: Bob Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Arinagour is a village on the island of Coll, in the Argyll and Bute council area of Scotland. It is the main settlement on the island, and the location of the island's ferry terminal. It has a population of around 50. Arinagour is situated 3 miles northeast of Dùn an Achaidh.
Dùn an Achaidh
- Categories: dun, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.59836° or 56° 35′ 54″ northLongitude
-6.59079° or 6° 35′ 27″ westOpen location code
9C8MHCX5+8MOpenStreetMap ID
way 1115714512OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q5320417
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In Other Languages
“Dùn an Achaidh” goes by many names.
- Irish: “Dún an Achaidh”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Enclosure 360m SSW of Kilbride and Tràigh Ghortain.
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