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Dùn a' Choin Duibh
Dùn a' Choin Duibh in Inner Hebrides + Skye, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
Dùn a' Choin Duibh is a place of interest in Inner Hebrides + Skye, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Dùn a' Choin Duibh (Scottish Gaelic: Fort of the Black Dog) is a hillfort located near Torinturk, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. According to the local shanachies, the fort is named after a black wolfhound which was half wolf, which defended the fort. The fort provides views to the Inner Hebridean islands of Gigha, Islay and Jura and further to the Mull of Kintyre and Ireland.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
- Coordinates
- 55.8199, -5.5065
Sources
- wikidata: Q5320416 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Dùn a' Choin Duibh (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Dùn a' Choin Duibh?
- Dùn a' Choin Duibh is in Scottish Islands, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 55.8199°, -5.5065°.