Region : Highlands Island : Skye Town or village : Kilmarie Grid Reference : NG 561 170 Period : 1st mill. BC-1st mill. AD Dun Ringill DUN

On the east coast of the Strathaird peninsula, on Skye, this Iron Age broch-like structure is situated on a rocky promontory. It is roughly D-shaped, one side being formed by the sea cliff. The walls are up to 4.5m thick. The entrance passage is to the north-west and is complete with door-checks and bar-holes. To the south, within the wall there is a large oval cell, measuring 1.5m x 5.5m. The site was occupied in Medieval times by the chief of the MacKinnon clan. The rectangular ruins inside the dun are of that date.

Other brochs, duns, forts ------------------ Brown Caterthun Carn Liath Clickimin Craig Phadrig Dun an Sticir Dun Ardtreck Dun Beag Dunbeath Dun Carloway Dun Dornaigil Dun Ringill Dun Telve Dun Troddan Edinshall Gurness Loch of Houlland Midhowe Mousa Ness of Burgi White Caterthun Other sites in the Highlands ---------------------- Achavanich Aviemore Balnuaran of Clava (Clava) Borve Camster Long Camster Round Camus nan Geall Chambered Cairn Camus nan Geall Standing Stone Carn Liath Clach Mhic Mhios Cnoc Freiceadain North Cnoc Freiceadain South Coille na Borgie South Corrimony Craig Phadrig Dun Ardtreck Dun Beag Dunbeath Dun Dornaigil Dun Ringill Dun Telve Dun Troddan Garrywhin (Cairn o'Get) Gask Learable Hill Mid Clyth (Hill o'Many Stanes) Na Clachan Bhreige Ord North Ord South Portnancon (Laid) South Yarrows South