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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]
The 13th century ruined village church is situated in Trumpan, on the northern end of the Waternish peninsula on the Isle of Skye. [1] Also known as "Cille Conain", the building was in use until the 16th century. [2] Aerial view of Trumpan churchyard. The layout of the church is rectangular, measuring 15.2 m (50 ft) by 7 m (23 ft) wide.
Pobull Fhinn from the east. The second stone on the right is the highest one with a height of two meters. Pobull Fhinn (Scottish Gaelic: Poball Fhinn [ˈpʰɔpəl̪ˠ ˈiːɲ]) is a stone circle on the Isle of North Uist in the Outer Hebrides. The name is Gaelic. The first word has been variously spelt as pobull, poball, pobul or as plural ...
The geology of the Isle of Skye in Scotland is highly varied and the island's landscape reflects changes in the underlying nature of the rocks. A wide range of rock types are exposed on the island, sedimentary , metamorphic and igneous , ranging in age from the Archaean through to the Quaternary .
Dun Beag (grid reference) is situated at the north end of a small rocky knoll. [1]The broch consists of a drystone tower with a diameter of around 18.6 metres with walls about 4 metres thick at the base. [1]
The number of stone circles is often misinterpreted, as damaged burial mounds, kerb cairns, or ring cairns are often confused for stone circle. The archetypal ‘stone circles’ of the mid-to-late Neolithic are far rarer than commonly assumed, appearing mostly in Cumbria, Cornwall, Wiltshire, and Western Scotland.
The Isle of Skye, [a] [8] or simply Skye, [b] is the largest and northernmost of the major islands in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. [ Note 1 ] The island's peninsulas radiate from a mountainous hub dominated by the Cuillin , the rocky slopes of which provide some of the most dramatic mountain scenery in the country.
Sgùrr Alasdair is the highest peak of the Black Cuillin, and the highest peak on the Isle of Skye and in the Inner Hebrides, and indeed in all the Scottish islands, at 992 m (3,255 ft). Like the rest of the range it is composed of gabbro , a rock with excellent grip for mountaineering .