Duns on Mull

From the middle of the second millennium BC duns began to spring up and were built as defensive settlements.  The best preserved dun on Mull is Dun Aisgain, near Burg, although there are a great many others to be found scattered along the coastline. They are usually situated on small islands, low hills and knolls, rocky crags and at the end of coastal and inland promontories.

Argyll 3  has defined a Dun as a comparatively small defensive enclosure with a disproportionately thick dry-stone wall enclosing an area that rarely exceeds 375 sq. m.

Below is an alphabetical list and where the name is underlined, then more detailed information is available including images. Click to go to the link. Please check back soon for further information as this is a new web page and will be updated during 2008.