Dunadd, Kilmartin

Name: Dunadd
Address: Kilmartin, United Kingdom

#1 among attractions in Kilmartin

Top attraction, Archaeological site

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Dunadd is a hillfort in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, dating from the Iron Age and early medieval period and is believed to be the capital of the ancient kingdom of Dál Riata. Dal Riata was a kingdom, that appeared in Argyll in the early centuries AD, possibly after the Romans had abandoned Southern Britain and at the time when the Saxons were crossing the North Sea to counter incursions over Hadrian's Wall by the Picts and Dalriadan Scots. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 56°5'9"N, 5°28'44"W

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Day trips

Dunadd – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Carnasserie Castle, Kilmartin Glen, Temple Wood, Ballymeanoch.

4.5 miN
Vernacular architecture, Forts and castles
Carnasserie Castle, Kilmartin
116 min walk • Carnasserie Castle is a ruined 16th-century tower house, noted for its unusual plan and renaissance detailing. It is located around 2 kilometres north of Kilmartin, in Argyll and Bute, western Scotland, at grid reference NM837009.
3.3 miN
Archaeological site
Kilmartin Glen, Kilmartin
85 min walk • Kilmartin Glen is an area in Argyll north of Knapdale. It has the most important concentration of Neolithic and Bronze Age remains in mainland Scotland. The glen is located between Oban and Lochgilphead, surrounding the village of Kilmartin.
2.7 miN
Prehistoric site
Temple Wood, Kilmartin
70 min walk • Temple Wood is an ancient site located in Kilmartin Glen, near Kintyre, Argyll, Scotland. The site includes two circles. The southern circle contains a ring of 13 standing stones about 12 metres in diameter. In the past it may have had 22 stones.
1.8 miN
Archaeological site, Ruins
Ballymeanoch, Kilmartin
46 min walk • Ballymeanoch is a complex of neolithic structures located in Kilmartin Glen, Scotland. It includes an avenue of two rows of standing stones with 4 and 2 stones each, a stone circle, and a henge with a small burial cairn.
3.3 miN
Archaeological site, Cafe
Kilmartin Stones, Kilmartin
84 min walk • The Kilmartin Stones are a collection of 79 ancient graveslabs at Kilmartin parish church in the village of Kilmartin, Argyll, Scotland, about 30 km due south of Oban.
3.4 miN
Vernacular architecture, Forts and castles
Kilmartin Castle, Kilmartin
88 min walk • Kilmartin Castle is a 16th-century Z-plan tower house castle at Kilmartin, Scotland. Built by the Rector of Kilmartin and later owned by Clan Campbell. It was restored and refurbished as a bed and breakfast in the 1990s.
6.4 miNW
Forts and castles
Craignish Castle
164 min walk • Craignish Castle is located on the Craignish peninsula in Argyll, western Scotland. The present castle includes a 16th-century tower, the seat of the Campbell family of Craignish and Jura.
1.9 miS
Canal
Crinan Canal
48 min walk • The Crinan Canal between Crinan and Ardrishaig in Argyll and Bute in the west of Scotland is operated by Scottish Canals. The canal, which opened in 1801, takes its name from the village of Crinan at its western end.
3.7 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Cam Loch
96 min walk • Cam Loch is one of a number of water supply sources for the Crinan Canal. The impounding reservoir lies to the south of the canal and about 3 kilometres west of Lochgilphead.
1.8 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Loch A' Bharain, Crinan, Argyll
45 min walk • Loch A' Bharain is an impounding reservoir which sits directly on the north bank of the Crinan Canal beside lock No.9, 1.5 kilometres west of Cairnbaan, and is one of a number of reservoirs supplying water to the canal. The earthfill dam is 5.6 metres high and was constructed in...
3 miW
Reportedly haunted, Forts and castles
Duntrune Castle, Crinan, Argyll
76 min walk • Duntrune Castle is located on the north side of Loch Crinan and across from the village of Crinan in Argyll, Scotland. It is thought to be the oldest continuously occupied castle on mainland Scotland. The castle is a category B listed building.