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North-east
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To the approx south-west
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Southern defences looking east
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The main western wall looking approx north
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Western defences, looking west
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Looking southwards....
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Looking across the enclosure from the ‘other summit’ to the east.
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To west, as one arrives.........
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The great western wall looking north(ish)
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Final approach from south-west
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23/06/2014 – Fantastic view from Dun-da-lamh. A great place for a hillfort.
23/06/2014 – Interior of Dun-da-lamh
23/06/2014 – Impressive walls of Dun-da-lamh
23/06/2014 – Nice bit of corner work :)
23/06/2014 – Plaque below hillfort
WSW Wall from the outside
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Dun-Da-Lamh Here be Ravens
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WSW wall from inside
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Articles
23/06/2014 – This hillfort had been high on my to visit list for a while now. Finally got a chance to visit and it really is as good as I had hoped it would be. We took the same route as broch the badger and after a lovely walk up the hill on a sunny day we got to the fort. Fantastic walls and a great rugged interior. We sat and had our sandwiches on the wall, just gazing at the landscape below. If you like duns this is a must visit.
Car parking is available at the Laggan Wolftrax centre. Leaving the car park head toward Laggan Bridge along the main road for a few hundred yards. Just after passing a row of white Forestry Commission cottages on your left you will see a forestry track leading up towards Black Craig follow this as it winds up the hill to the fort (it is signposted). Of the fort itself there is some impressive walling still standing and plenty of stuff for the imagination, although the up-down nature of the inside of the fort is a bit harder to get to grips with. The best bit, as with all hill forts is the view and Dun-Da-Lamh is no exception.
Nice layout diagram and info in this survey from 2011 for the Forestry Commission as well as four others forts in Scotland
A wealth of stuff on the Highlands & Islands.
Sites within 20km of Dun-Da-Lamh
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Dail Na Seilg
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Biallidbeg
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Glen Banchor
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Creagan Mor
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Sidhean Mor Dail A’ Chaorainn (Cairn)
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Sidhean Mor Dail A’ Chaorainn (Square)
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Sidhean Mor Dail A’ Chaorainn
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Newtonmore
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Tom A’ Chladha
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Caochan A’ Mhanaich
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Carn Pheigith (Peggy’s Cairn)
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Creag Bheag
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Tigh-na-gaoith
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