Dun Beag
Dun Beag is an iron-age broch located about 1 kilometre northwest of the village of Struan on the west coast of the island of Skye, in Scotland.Photo: Nessy-Pic, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Dun Ardtreck and Oronsay.
Dun Ardtreck
Archaeological site
Photo: John Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dun Ardtreck is a D-shaped dun, or "semi-broch", located on the west coast of the island of Skye, in Scotland. Dun Ardtreck is situated 2 miles south of Dun Beag.
Oronsay
Islet
Photo: Spike, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Oronsay is an uninhabited tidal island in Loch Bracadale on the west coast of Skye, Scotland. It is c.1,000 metres long by 220m wide running approximately north-east to south west. Oronsay is situated 2 miles southwest of Dun Beag.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Struan and Balgown.
Struan
Village
Photo: Richard Dorrell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Struan is a small village on the west coast of the island of Skye, on the shores of Loch Beag, itself an inlet of Loch Bracadale. "Struan" is the anglicized form of the Scottish Gaelic word sruthan, meaning "small stream", or the flow at the point where a spring appears.
Bracadale
Hamlet
Photo: Richard Dorrell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bracadale is a settlement and civil parish on the Isle of Skye in Scotland. It lies on the west coast of the island, west-south-west of Portree, on Loch Beag, an inlet off Loch Harport.
Dun Beag
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: archaeological site in Highland, Scotland, UK
- Categories: broch, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.36021° or 57° 21′ 37″ northLongitude
-6.42573° or 6° 25′ 33″ westOpen location code
9C9M9H6F+3POpenStreetMap ID
way 722151086OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q601058
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to German—“Dun Beag” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Dun Beag”
- German: “Dun Beag”
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