# Dunagoil

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{{Short description|Vitrified fort or dun on the Isle of Bute, Scotland}}
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| location       = [Isle of Bute](/source/Isle_of_Bute)
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| type           = [hill fort](/source/hill_fort)
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| epochs         = [Iron Age](/source/Iron_Age)
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'''Dunagoil''' is a [vitrified fort](/source/vitrified_fort) or [dun](/source/dun_(fortification)) on the [Isle of Bute](/source/Isle_of_Bute) – an [Iron Age](/source/Iron_Age) [hill fort](/source/hill_fort) whose ramparts have been melted by intense heat.  It stands on a [volcanic headland](/source/volcanic_plateau) and gives its name to the bay that it overlooks.  Like other places, such as [Donegal](/source/Donegal_(town)), its name is from the [Gaelic](/source/Scottish_Gaelic) ''dún na gall'' – fort of the foreigners.{{sfn|Canmore|2009}}{{sfn|Harding|2004|pp=90–91, 141–143}}

==References==
===Citations===
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===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](/source/Canmore_(database)) |publisher=[Historic Environment Scotland](/source/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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