Dun Cruinn

Dun Cruinn

Looking north-northwest at the site, between Loch Snizort Beag (on the left) and Loch Eyre
Dun Cruinn Shown within Highland
Location	Isle of Skye, Scotland
Coordinates	57°28′58″N 6°19′17″W / 57.48278°N 6.32139°W / 57.48278; -6.32139
OS grid reference	NG 411 518
Type	Dun
History
Periods	Iron Age
Scheduled monument
Reference no.	SM910[1]

Dun Cruinn is a prehistoric site about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) north-west of Portree, on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. It is on the Skerinish Peninsula, between Loch Snizort Beag and Loch Eyre.

Description

There is a fort on a rocky knoll: it is an irregular oval, about 95 metres (312 ft) north-northwest to south-southeast, by 25 metres (82 ft), enclosing an area of about 0.19 hectares (0.47 acres). The wall of the fort is now seen as a band of rubble, about 3 metres (9.8 ft) thick, best preserved in the north. It is divided about midway by a rampart and ditch.^[2]

In the south of the fort are the remains of a dun (or broch), built later than the fort, diameter about 20 metres (66 ft) and having a maximum height of 1.5 metres (4.9 ft).^[2]

References

1. Historic Environment Scotland. "Dun Cruinn, fort, Kensaleyre (SM910)". Retrieved 30 May 2020.
2. "Archaeology Notes"; "Field Visit (20 April 2015 – 22 April 2015)"; "Note (21 January 2015 – 18 October 2016)" from Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland. Contained in: Historic Environment Scotland. "Dun Cruinn, Skye (Site no. NG45SW 3)". Retrieved 20 June 2025.