Dùn Eibhinn

This article is about the hillfort on Colonsay. For the hillfort near Cawdor, see Dun Evan.

Dùn Eibhinn

Marker at the base of Dùn Eibhinn

Dùn Eibhinn, also known as Dun Evan, Dun Eivan or Fort of Eyvind, is a hillfort located on the Inner Hebridean island of Colonsay, Scotland. The site is located at grid reference NR38209437.^[1]

Believed to have been built as a royal residence in the early 11th century, it was a seat of Viking power in the Hebrides. The fort came into Clan Macfie possession in the early part of the 13th century. In 1623 after Malcolm Macfie of Colonsay, Chief of Clan Macfie was killed in a feud by Coll Mac Gillespick MacDonald, the fort was abandoned and became ruinous.^[2]

Citations

↑ "Colonsay, Dun Eibhinn". CANMORE. Retrieved 29 November 2009.
↑ Byrne (1997), p.100.

References

Kevin Byrne (1997), Colkitto! A Celebration of Clan Donald of Colonsay 1570-1647 ISBN 1-899863-19-2

External links

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Prehistoric Inner Hebrides

Sites on Skye	Dun Ardtreck Dun Beag Dun Borrafiach Dun Fiadhairt Dun Hallin Dun Ringill Rubha an Dùnain

Sites on Coll	An Caisteal Breachacha crannog Dùn an Achaidh Dùn Anlaimh Dùn Beic Dùn Dubh Dùn Morbhaidh Totamore dun

Sites on Tiree	Dun Mor Vaul

Sites on/near Lismore	Eilean Musdile Tirefour Castle

Sites on Colonsay	Dùn Cholla Dùn Eibhinn Dùn Galláin Dùn Meadhonach Dùn Tealtaig Dùn Uragaig

Sites on Islay	Dun Bhruichlinn Dun Guaidhre Dun Nosebridge

Coordinates: 56°04′14″N 6°12′28″W / 56.0706°N 6.2078°W / 56.0706; -6.2078

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