© Mapbox · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Boundary data © Historic Environment Scotland
Dun Scobuill is an Iron Age dun situated on Gib Bheinn in Mull, Argyllshire, representing a defensive settlement of the prehistoric period. The monument consists of the remains of a stone-built fortified structure typical of Iron Age settlement patterns in the Scottish Hebrides, where such duns functioned as strongholds for local communities. The site's location on elevated terrain reflects the strategic defensive considerations characteristic of Iron Age settlement in this region. Though substantially ruined, the surviving structural elements attest to the construction techniques and social organisation of Iron Age Hebridean populations.
Dun Scobuill,dun,Gib Bheinn,Mull is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4350. View the official record →
Dun Scobuill is an Iron Age dun situated on Gib Bheinn in Mull, Argyllshire, representing a defensive settlement of the prehistoric period. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4350.
Dun Scobuill,dun,Gib Bheinn,Mull dates from the iron age period, and is classified as a dun,gib bheinn,mull. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Dun Scobuill,dun,Gib Bheinn,Mull 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 SM4350.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Crois an Ollaimh, cross, 350m NE of Pennycross Cottage (3.9 km), Dun Bhuirg,fort,Burg (4.8 km), Dun na Muirgheidh, fort (6.8 km).
Aubrey generates in-depth historical research for any address in Britain — drawing on scheduled monument data, Domesday records, Roman heritage, PAS finds and medieval history to reveal the complete story of a landscape.
Research the area around Dun Scobuill,dun,Gib Bheinn,Mull