Dun Ara (Cliff Fort) — The Modern Antiquarian

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Image of Dun Ara (Cliff Fort) by Rhiannon

Looking SW from on top of the dun.

Image credit: Rhiannon

Rhiannon Jan 17, 2013

Image of Dun Ara (Cliff Fort) by Rhiannon

View from atop the dun, looking down the coast to the SW.

Image credit: Rhiannon

Rhiannon Jan 17, 2013

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Dun Ara

Cliff Fort

Rhiannon Jan 17, 2013

Canmore

The RCAHMS record concedes that some of the walling could be Iron Age, though the dun’s essentially medieval. The landscape does cry out for something to be on top of these strange features (Dun Ara looks rather like the neighbouring lump in the photo – a flat area raised up suddenly). The dun was covered in bluebells and other flowers when I visited in spring.

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