Dun Nosebridge Explained

Dun Nosebridge is an Iron Age fort southeast of Bridgend, Islay, Scotland. The fort is 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]

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55.7628°N -6.192°W

Notes and References

  1. http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/37721/details/islay+dun+nosebridge/ RCAHMS Canmore - Site - Dun Nosebridge
  2. Newton (1995) p. 26