Dun Druim nan Slochd

Nearest town:
Uig (11km SW)
OS reference:
NG46357214
OS sheet:
23
Latitude:
57° 40' 3.23 N
Longitude:
6° 15' 14.28 W
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Image of Dun Druim nan Slochd by LesHamilton

Dun Druim nan Slochd stands on the left hand of the two prominent buttresses in this photograph, taken from the road just north of Flodigarry Hotel.

Image credit: Les Hamilton
LesHamilton
LesHamilton Jun 4, 2016
Image of Dun Druim nan Slochd by LesHamilton

The wall that protects Dun Druim nan Slochd from the north.

Image credit: Les Hamilton
LesHamilton
LesHamilton Jun 4, 2016

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Dun Druim nan Slochd

LesHamilton
LesHamilton Jun 4, 2016

Visited: May 25, 2016

Dun Druim nan Slochd is perched atop an impressive rock buttress overlooking the Flodigarry Hotel.

Little remains of this fort save for a wall, four courses high, which marks its northern boundary. On all other sides, there is a severe vertical drop.

Access to the site might at first appear problematic, but is straightforward from the ridge frm the north. Walk north from the Flodigarry Hotel until you reach a gate marked ‘SEASCAPE’ the name of a private property beyond, protected by an electric fence.

Immediately adjacent, to the north, is a farm gate, which is your point of access. Just make for the ridge using an obvious walkers’ path, then head south till the dun wall appears. Although there is little of the dun remaining, it is a superb site, affording sweeping views of the Trotternish Ridge and Skye’s eastern coast.

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