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Dun Eistean is a Iron Age fort and dun located in Ross-shire, Scotland. The monument comprises the remains of a prehistoric fortified structure characteristic of the dun type common throughout the Scottish Highlands during the Iron Age period. The site's elevated position and defensive architecture reflect the settlement patterns and social organisation of Iron Age communities in northern Scotland. Like other duns of this era, the structure would have served both as a residence for a person of status and as a focal point for the local settlement and its surrounding territory.
Dun Eistean,fort and dun is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5356. View the official record →
Dun Eistean is a Iron Age fort and dun located in Ross-shire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5356.
Dun Eistean,fort and dun dates from the iron age period, and is classified as a fort and dun. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Dun Eistean,fort and dun 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 SM5356.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Clach Stein,standing stones,Knockaird (0.8 km), Teampull Ronaidh,chapel (1.3 km), Carnan a'Ghrodhair,souterrain (2.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Dun Eistean,fort and dun's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Dun Eistean,fort and dun stands on Proterozoic I gneiss, bedrock that formed in the Mesoproterozoic. The rock here is gneiss; undifferentiated metamorphic.