Dun Ardtreck

Dun Ardtreck
PaulT (Gunther Tschuch) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Dun Ardtreck is a D-shaped dun, or "semi-broch", located on the Minginish peninsula of the west coast of the island of Skye, Scotland. It is situated on a rocky knoll on the edge of a cliff overlooking the sea, near the small village of Ardtreck and close to Portnalong and Fiskavaig. The landward side is bounded by precipitous rock faces except on the southeast where a small cleft was used for an outer gateway. Duns were fortified settlements common in Scotland during the Iron Age, and this example dates to between 500 BC and 1 AD.

TypeMegalithic structures
Period500 BC - 1 AD
CountryScotland
Coordinates57.3348° N, 6.4301° W

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