Dun Hallin

Nearest town:
Uig (14km ENE)
OS reference:
NG25665927
OS sheet:
23
Latitude:
57° 32' 24.71 N
Longitude:
6° 35' 6.63 W
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Images

Image of Dun Hallin (Broch) by GLADMAN

Stood for a couple of millennia.... built to last.

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
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GLADMAN Jun 4, 2015
Image of Dun Hallin (Broch) by GLADMAN

Excellent coastal views looking approx west. Hadn’t been to Waternish prior to this... impressive.

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
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GLADMAN Jun 4, 2015
Image of Dun Hallin (Broch) by GLADMAN

Wasn’t expecting such preservation, to be honest. D minus for homework, Gladstone.

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
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GLADMAN Jun 4, 2015
Image of Dun Hallin (Broch) by GLADMAN

The locals weren’t enamoured by my presence... but there you are. The broch’s entrance is centre.

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
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GLADMAN Jun 4, 2015
Image of Dun Hallin (Broch) by GLADMAN

Another site to fire the imagination...

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
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GLADMAN Jun 4, 2015
Image of Dun Hallin (Broch) by LesHamilton

A telephoto photograph of Dun Hallin from the main road approaching Hallistra from the north.

Image credit: Les Hamilton
LesHamilton
LesHamilton May 18, 2014
Image of Dun Hallin (Broch) by LesHamilton

Dun Hallin. A section of an additional defensive wall outside the broch can be seen at far right.

Image credit: Les Hamilton
LesHamilton
LesHamilton May 18, 2014
Image of Dun Hallin (Broch) by LesHamilton

Panorama over Dun Hallin, clearly showing the location of the guard cell.

Image credit: Les Hamilton
LesHamilton
LesHamilton May 18, 2014

Articles

Dun Hallin

LesHamilton
LesHamilton May 18, 2014

Visited; May 11, 2014

On a hillside to the east of the village of Hallistra stands Dun Hallin, without doubt one of the best broch remnants on the Isle of Skye, vastly superior to the other Waternish Brochs, Dun Gearymore and Dun Borrafiach. Dun Hallin stands 3.8 metres tall with nine to twelve courses of walling still standing proudly round much of its circumference, particularly impressively around the northwestern arc: this falls to just two or three courses on the south. Most of the interior can boast three courses of internal walling. To the right of the rubble-choked entrance passage is a well preserved guard cell and a mural gallery can be traced on the southwest, where several steps of an intra-mural staircase can be seen.

Dun Hallin is not visible from Hallistra, but can be seen on the hillside to the east when motoring back from Trumpan. To visit the dun requires a walk of a half-kilometre from Hallistra up the road that connects it with the east coast communities of Geary, Knockbreck and Gillen, followed by a pleasant walk southwards over gentle heathery slopes to the dun, which readily becomes apparent once the first rise has been ascended. Total distance: just under a kilometre.

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