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Dùn an Achaidh is in Scottish Islands, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 56.5984°, -6.5908°.

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Dùn an Achaidh

Dùn an Achaidh in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom.

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Dùn an Achaidh is a place of interest in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.

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Dùn an Achaidh, sometimes Anglicised as Dun Acha, is a dun located near the village of Acha on the Inner Hebridean island of Coll. It is considered the best preserved dun on the island. The site of Dùn an Achaidh is located at grid reference NM18335456. According to local tradition, the dun was the stronghold of, and named after, the son of a Norse king. The early 20th century antiquary Erskine Beveridge considered it as one of the four most interesting fortifications on Coll (along with Dùn Anlaimh, Dùn Dubh, and Dùn Morbhaidh).

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{{Location map |UK Scotland |relief= 1 |label= | marksize=9 |mark=Blue_pog.svg |lat_dir=N | lat_deg=56 | lat_min=35 | lat_sec=53.14 |lon_dir=W | lon_deg=6 | lon_min=35 | lon_sec=26.51 |position=right |width=180 |float=right |caption=Location of Coll, within the Hebrides. One of the lists drawn up was titled "The roll of the names of the landislordis and baillies of landis in the hielandis an isles, quhair brokin men hes duelt and presentlie duellis". The laird of Coll (Hector Maclean of Coll) was one of the chiefs listed on this roll. 'Broken men' were generally men who had no chief and who were often outlaws. Beveridge wrote that it was said, locally on Coll, that Samuel Johnson visited…

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