Dun Nosebridge
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Looking south west from Dun Nosebridge.
Dun Nosebridge is an Iron Age fort southeast of Bridgend, Islay, Scotland. The fort is located on the right bank of the River Laggan.[1]
The name's origin is probably a mixture of Scottish Gaelic and Old Norse: Dun in the former language means "fort" and knaus-borg in the latter means "fort on the crag". Another possibility is the Norse hnaus-bog meaning "turf fort".[2]
Notes[]
- ^ RCAHMS Canmore - Site - Dun Nosebridge
- ^ Newton (1995) p. 26
References[]
- Newton, Norman (1995) Islay, Devon: David & Charles PLC. ISBN 0-907115-90-X
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Categories:
- Islay
- Iron Age sites in Scotland
- Scheduled monuments in Scotland
- Argyll and Bute geography stubs