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Beinn na Coille is a Iron Age dun situated approximately 400 metres west of North Uist in Inverness-shire, Scotland. The monument represents a defensive settlement type characteristic of the Scottish Iron Age, when such fortified homesteads served as secure residences for local communities and their livestock. The site's location on the Hebridean landscape reflects the strategic settlement patterns of the period, positioning the dun to command views across the surrounding terrain. As a designated heritage monument under Historic Environment Scotland records, it forms part of the important corpus of Iron Age defensive architecture preserved in the Scottish islands.
Beinn na Coille, dun 400m W of, North Uist is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM7581. View the official record →
Beinn na Coille is a Iron Age dun situated approximately 400 metres west of North Uist in Inverness-shire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM7581.
Beinn na Coille, dun 400m W of, North Uist dates from the iron age period, and is classified as a dun 400m w of, north uist. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Beinn na Coille, dun 400m W of, North Uist is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic Environment Scotland — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Scotland. The official designation reference is SM7581.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Eilean Dubh Dun Scor,dun,Loch Caravat (0.7 km), Dun Ban,dun,Loch Caravat (0.9 km), Craonaval,chambered cairn 800m E of (1.2 km).
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