Dun
Dun is an archaeological site in Western Isles, Scotland. Dun is situated nearby to the village Uachdar, as well as near the aerodrome Benbecula Airport.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Benbecula Airport and Uist and Barra Hospital.
Benbecula Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Benbecula Airport is located on the island of Benbecula in the Outer Hebrides, off the West Coast of Scotland. It is a small rural airport owned and maintained by Highlands and Islands Airports Limited.
Uist and Barra Hospital
Hospital
Ospadal Uibhist agus Bharraigh is a community hospital in Benbecula which provides services on the islands of North Uist, South Uist and Benbecula in the Western Isles of Scotland. It is managed by NHS Western Isles. Uist and Barra Hospital is situated 1½ miles west of Dun.
Rueval
Peak
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rueval is a peak, which is situated 2 miles southeast of Dun.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Uachdar and Balivanich.
Uachdar
Village
Photo: Nick Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Uachdar is a settlement on the Outer Hebridean Island of Benbecula. Uachdar is within the parish of South Uist. The settlement is home to the only bakery on Benbecula, MacLeans Hebridean Bakery, which also has a small shop in the same complex as the bakery itself.
Balivanich
Village
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Benbecula is an island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, with a population of 1300 in 2021. The name is a medieval mispronunciation: "pen" meaning flat land turned into "ben" for mountain, which it doesn't have. Balivanich is situated 1½ miles west of Dun.
Benbecula
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Benbecula is an island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, with a population of 1300 in 2021. The name is a medieval mispronunciation: "pen" meaning flat land turned into "ben" for mountain, which it doesn't have.
Dun
- 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
57.47717° or 57° 28′ 38″ northLongitude
-7.34026° or 7° 20′ 25″ westOpen location code
9C9JFMG5+VVOpenStreetMap ID
way 1390996886OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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