Dun Grugaig

Dun Grugaig
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Dun Grugaig is a D-shaped Iron Age dun, or "semi-broch," in Gleann Beag near Glenelg, Highland Scotland. Measuring roughly 47 by 38 feet with walls 14 feet thick surviving to about 4 metres high, it features mural chambers, a scarcement ledge, and a blocked entrance passage with door checks and bar hole. Located on rugged rising ground above the Abhainn a'Ghlaine Bhig, it sits in the same valley as the well-preserved brochs of Dun Telve and Dun Troddan. The site has not been excavated, though it was first recorded by Alexander Gordon in 1720 as 'Castle Chonil'. Its hollow-wall construction is considered characteristic of proto-broch design.

TypeMegalithic structures
Period3000 - 1500 BC
CountryScotland
Coordinates57.1837° N, 5.5567° W

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