{{Short description|Vitrified fort or dun on the Isle of Bute, Scotland}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox historic site | name = Dunagoil | alternate_name = | image = | alt = | caption = | image_map = | map_type = Scotland_Argyll_and_Bute | map_alt = | map_caption = | map_relief = 1 | coordinates = {{coord|55.734|-5.051|display=inline,title}} | map_dot_label = Dunagoil | location = Isle of Bute | region = Scotland | type = hill fort | length = {{cvt|300|ft}} | width = {{cvt|75|ft}} | area = | volume = | diameter = | circumference = | height = | builder = | material = wood and stone | built = | abandoned = | epochs = Iron Age }}
'''Dunagoil''' is a vitrified fort or dun on the Isle of Bute – an Iron Age hill fort whose ramparts have been melted by intense heat. It stands on a volcanic headland and gives its name to the bay that it overlooks. Like other places, such as Donegal, its name is from the Gaelic ''dún na gall'' – fort of the foreigners.{{sfn|Canmore|2009}}{{sfn|Harding|2004|pp=90–91, 141–143}}
==References== ===Citations=== {{reflist}}
===Sources=== *{{citation |title=The Iron Age in Northern Britain: Celts and Romans, Natives and Invaders |first=D.W. |last=Harding |publisher=Routledge |year=2004 |isbn=9781134417872}} *{{citation |title=Bute, Dunagoil |url=https://canmore.org.uk/site/40291/bute-dunagoil |work=Canmore |publisher=Historic Environment Scotland |date=20 March 2009 |ref={{harvid|Canmore|2009}}}}
Category:Hillforts in Scotland Category:Scheduled monuments in Argyll and Bute Category:Isle of Bute
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