Dun Guaidhre

Dun Guaidhre

Dun Guaidhre,[1] also known as Dùn Ghùaidhre,[2] is an Iron Age fort southwest of Kilmeny, Islay, Scotland. It is protected as a scheduled monument.[3]

Local tradition associates the fort with Godred Crovan.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Dun Guaidhre, Islay (n.d.).
  2. ↑ Macniven (2013) p. 89.
  3. ↑ "Dun Guaidhre, fort". Historic Scotland. Archived from the original on 7 July 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2011.
  4. ↑ Macniven (2013) p. 89 n. 101.
  • "Dun Guaidhre, Islay". CANMORE. Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Retrieved 1 August 2011.
  • Macniven, A (2013). "'Borgs', Boats and the Beginnings of Islay's Medieval Parish Network" (PDF). Northern Studies. 45: 68&ndash, 99. ISSN 0305-506X – via Scottish Society for Northern Studies.

Coordinates: 55°48′24″N 6°10′15″W / 55.8067°N 6.1707°W / 55.8067; -6.1707

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