Dun A Chail

Nearest town:
Campbeltown (49km E)
OS reference:
NR31274796
OS sheet:
60
Latitude:
55° 39' 2.23 N
Longitude:
6° 16' 19.94 W
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Image of Dun A Chail by drewbhoy

Looking down on the north east section, a small apartment bit and more man made defences.

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drewbhoy
drewbhoy Sep 11, 2018
Image of Dun A Chail by drewbhoy

The east side of the dun looking north and the hills, another walk.

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drewbhoy
drewbhoy Sep 11, 2018
Image of Dun A Chail by drewbhoy

Inside the dun, a mixture of man made and natural defences.

Image credit: drew/A/B
drewbhoy
drewbhoy Sep 11, 2018

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Dun A Chail

drewbhoy
drewbhoy Jan 16, 2019

From Kintra follow the track heading west and keep going until it veers south, keep going until the first corner then head west. On a gorgeous early morning the Kintra coastline is a wonderful place to be. Even better, the local green keepers i.e. the sheep had done their job perfectly keeping the grass very short. Even better still, it was warm!

After a fairly short walk a beach will be seen with an easy slope to leading down. Beautiful views north towards Port Charlotte can be seen with the hills beyond. To the east side of the bay is Dun a Chail, probably the most beautiful place I’d been to in 2018.

The dun is overshadowed by a small pointy hill which probably helped its eastern defence. A small grassy covered stairway leads to the entrance which was being used when I arrived by exiting sheep. Cleverly the Iron Age peoples made use of the natural walls incorporating them into the man made walls. Sadly some of the walls have collapsed on either side of the dun. It is approximately 12m in length being just over 6m wide. To the west there is the perfect natural harbour called Laggan Bay, to the east a somewhat rockier effort.

Not many people come here nowadays and maybe that is a good thing as it is a truly remarkable place. It was also is the first place I’d been to for a long time where I’d seen no rubbish.

Wonderful, wonderful site.

Visited 1/8/2018.

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