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Located on the island of Islay, Dun Guaidhre - also known as Dùn Ghùaidhre - is an Iron Age fort situated southwest of Kilmeny.
The site is a hill fort and a scheduled monument. It remains a significant archaeological site preserved for the public.
Local tradition associates the fort with the historical figure Godred Crovan.
Sources: Wikipedia, OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons
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Dùn a' Choin Duibh 41 km Photo: Dan, CC BY-SA 2.0 
The life-sized stone carvings of Saddell Abbey 51 km Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0 
Saddell Castle: A MacDonald ancestral home on the Kilbrannan Sound Saddell, Campbeltown · 52 km Photo: Hchc2009, CC BY-SA 3.0 
The 18th-century baronial mansion of New Castle Lachlan 69 km Photo: Roger McLachlan, CC BY-SA 2.0 
The two castles of Loch Breachacha on the island of Coll 92 km Photo: Gordon Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0 
The island fortress of the macDonald clan: A charred seat of power 111 km Photo: Tommes, CC BY-SA 3.0 
The 15th-century ruins of Cathcart Castle 119 km Photo: David MacGibbon (1831-1902), and Thomas Ross, Public domain 
The 15th-century Ruins of Talla Castle upon Lake of Menteith 123 km Photo: James Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0 
The history of Scotland's longest concrete railway bridge 127 km Photo: AyaanAhmed4Real, CC BY-SA 4.0 
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