Dun Fiadhairt
Dun Fiadhairt is an Iron Age broch located on the north coast of the island of Skye, in Scotland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: John Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: archaeological site on Isle of Skye, Scotland
- Also known as: “Dun Fiadhairt Broch” and “Dun Fiadhairt,broch”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Dunvegan Castle and Skye, Dun Colbost.
Dunvegan Castle
Photo: Klaus with K, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dunvegan Castle is located 1 mile to the north of Dunvegan on the Isle of Skye, off the west coast of Scotland. It is the seat of the MacLeod of MacLeod, chief of the Clan MacLeod. Dunvegan Castle is situated 1¼ miles southeast of Dun Fiadhairt.
Skye, Dun Colbost
Archaeological site
Photo: Richard Dorrell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Skye, Dun Colbost is an archaeological site, which is situated 1½ miles southwest of Dun Fiadhairt.
The Three Chimneys
Restaurant
Photo: John Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Three Chimneys is a restaurant in Colbost, Isle of Skye, Scotland. While in operation beforehand, the restaurant came to prominence after being taken over around 1985 by Eddie and Shirley Spear. The Three Chimneys is situated 1½ miles southwest of Dun Fiadhairt.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Colbost and Totaig.
Colbost
Photo: JoachimKohlerBremen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Colbost is the first of a straggle of tiny settlements on the Duirnish Peninsula in the northwest of Skye. The others are Totaig, Glendale, Lephin and Milovaig, then the road dead-ends.
Totaig
Hamlet
Photo: Richard Dorrell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Totaig is a small crofting settlement on the west coast of Loch Dunvegan on the Isle of Skye. The village of Dunvegan is 5 miles southeast. Totaig is situated 2 miles west of Dun Fiadhairt.
Dunvegan
Dunvegan is a small village on Skye in the Scottish Inner Hebrides, with a population of 386 in 2011. The main draw is the castle. Dunvegan is also a base for exploring Duirnish, the peninsula to the west.
Dun Fiadhairt
- Categories: broch, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.45951° or 57° 27′ 34″ northLongitude
-6.61817° or 6° 37′ 5″ westOpen location code
9C9MF95J+RPOpenStreetMap ID
way 1385221212OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q18150940
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In Other Languages
“Dun Fiadhairt” goes by many names.
- German: “Dun Fiadhairt”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Gairbh Eilein and Uiginish Point.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Dun Fiadhairt”. Photo: John Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.