Dun Taimh

Nearest town:
Uig (27km N)
Latitude:
57° 20' 21.48 N
Longitude:
6° 21' 59.04 W
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Image of Dun Taimh (Hillfort) by LesHamilton

This composite photograph illustrates the extent of Dun Taimh when viewed from the west.

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Image of Dun Taimh (Hillfort) by GLADMAN

Is there a fort on Skye that doesn’t have a great view?

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Note the large cairn within the enclosure.... sad to learn that this is a modern construction dedicated to the miserable, worthless Victoria...since the grassy foundations suggested otherwise at the time.

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Gesto Bay leads the eye to Loch Bracadale.... and incoming ‘weather’.

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For a small enclosure the defences were/are nevertheless pretty powerful.

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Sadly Macleod’s Tables refused to venture forth from the cloud... but great view nonetheless.

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There can surely be few more striking places to find a fort than upon the highest crags of Beinn Dhubh

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Image of Dun Taimh (Hillfort) by LesHamilton

The precipitous Beinn Dhubh, with Dun Taimh on its northeast summit.

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On Dun Taimh, overlooking Loch Bracadale, with McLeod’s Tables in the distance.

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Image of Dun Taimh (Hillfort) by LesHamilton

The cairn erected to celebrate Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee.

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Dun Taimh

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LesHamilton Jun 1, 2015

Visited: September 3, 2014

As you drive south past Gesto on A863 from Uig, the precipices of Beinn Dhubh rear up ahead. And if you are sufficiently sharp-sighted, you can just make out the outline of Dun Taimh on its northwest summit. Although this fort lies at an altitude of 150 metres above the waters of Loch Harport, the road obligingly rises to within 30 metres of the dun, with a small car-park handily placed just a few metres beyond its highest point. Just cross the road, straddle the fence, and enjoy a gentle walk over heather for no more than 400 metres.

Now badly ruined, Dun Taimh offers almost unrivalled views beyond the precipitous cliffs of Beinn Dhubh towards Loch Bracadale and its many islets, Macleod’s Tables and the Outer Hebrides. Within the fort stands a large cairn, built in 1887 using masonry from the dun, to celebrate Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee.

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