Dun Ringill

Dun Ringill
Dun Ringill fort
Dun Ringill is located in Isle of Skye
Dun Ringill
Shown within Isle of Skye
LocationSkye
Coordinates57°10′45″N 6°02′16″W / 57.179167°N 6.037778°W / 57.179167; -6.037778
TypeDun / Broch
History
PeriodsIron Age

Dun Ringill (Gaelic: Dùn, 'fort', Ringill, 'point of the ravine') is an Iron Age hill fort on the Strathaird peninsula on the island of Skye, Scotland. Further fortified in the Middle Ages, tradition holds that it was for several centuries the seat of Clan MacKinnon.[1] It is located east of Kirkibost on the west shore of Loch Slapin.

  1. ^ Scotland an Oxford Archaeological Guide, Oxford University Press, 1998, ISBN 0-19-288002-0