Dun Shunish
Dun Shunish is an archaeological site in Western Isles, Scotland. Dun Shunish is situated nearby to the lake Loch an Dunain, as well as near the ruins RAF Borve Castle WWII CHB radar station.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Borve Castle and St Mary’s Chapel.
Borve Castle
Castle
Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Borve Castle, also known as Castle Wearie, and Caisteal Bhuirgh in Scottish Gaelic, is a ruined 14th-century tower house, located at the south-west of the island of Benbecula, in the Western Isles of Scotland. Borve Castle is situated 2,700 feet southwest of Dun Shunish.
St Mary’s Chapel
Church
Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St Mary’s Chapel is a church, which is situated 2 miles northwest of Dun Shunish.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Benbecula and Creagorry.
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.
Creagorry
Village
Photo: Barbara Carr, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Creagorry is a village, which is situated 2 miles southeast of Dun Shunish.
Nunton
Village
Photo: Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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. Nunton is situated 2 miles northwest of Dun Shunish.
Dun Shunish
- 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
57.43351° or 57° 26′ 1″ northLongitude
-7.36659° or 7° 21′ 60″ westOpen location code
9C9JCJMM+C9OpenStreetMap ID
way 1392087906OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Loch an Dunain and Dun.
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