Dunadd
Dunadd is a hillfort in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, dating from the Iron Age and early medieval period and is believed to be the capital of the ancient kingdom of Dál Riata.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: IBM Ralston, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: hill fort in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
- Wheelchair access: no
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Dunchraigaig Cairn and Ri Cruin cairn.
Dunchraigaig Cairn
Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dunchraigaig Cairn is situated 2 miles north of Dunadd.
Achnabreck Cup And Ring Marks
Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Achnabreck Cup And Ring Marks is situated 2 miles southeast of Dunadd.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cairnbaan and Kilmartin.
Cairnbaan
Village
Cairnbaan is a village situated on the Crinan Canal, in Argyll and Bute, western Scotland. Cairnbaan is about halfway between Ardrishaig on Loch Gilp at the canal's eastern end and Crinan on the Sound of Jura to the west. Cairnbaan is situated 1½ miles south of Dunadd.
Kilmartin
Village
Photo: Postdlf, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lochgilphead is a town at the head of Loch Gilp, an inlet of Loch Fyne. It's the administrative centre of Argyll and Bute on the west coast of Scotland, and in 2021 had a population of 2240. Kilmartin is situated 3½ miles north of Dunadd.
Lochgilphead
Lochgilphead is a town at the head of Loch Gilp, an inlet of Loch Fyne. It's the administrative centre of Argyll and Bute on the west coast of Scotland, and in 2021 had a population of 2240.
Dunadd
- Categories: contour fort, archaeological site, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
56.08586° or 56° 5′ 9″ northLongitude
-5.4785° or 5° 28′ 43″ westOpen location code
9C8P3GPC+8HOpenStreetMap ID
way 227661570OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=noWikidata ID
Q233579
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Breton to Swedish—“Dunadd” goes by many names.
- Breton: “Dunadd”
- Catalan: “Dunadd”
- Chinese: “冬納”
- Dutch: “Dunadd Fort”
- Finnish: “Dunadd”
- French: “Dunadd”
- Galician: “Dunadd”
- German: “Dunadd”
- Irish: “Dùn Ad”
- Italian: “Dunadd”
- Japanese: “ダナッド”
- Japanese: “ドゥネッド”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Dunadd”
- Norwegian: “Dunadd”
- Persian: “دوند”
- Portuguese: “Dunadd”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Dùn Ad”
- Spanish: “Dunadd”
- Swedish: “Dunadd”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Dunadd and Baile Mor, dun site.
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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 “Dunadd”. Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0.