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Caisteal Dùin

hill or mountain · Argyll and Bute · 330m

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Caisteal Dùin means 'Fortress of the Dune' or 'Castle of the Fort' in Gaelic. 'Caisteal' means castle or fort, and 'dùin' is the genitive form of 'dùn', meaning fort or stronghold.

Word origins

Caisteal
GaelicCastle/Fort(from caisteal "castle, fort")
Dùin
GaelicOf the fort(from dùn "fort, stronghold")