What is recorded here

Dun Lagaidh on Loch Broom is a rare layered monument where an Iron Age galleried dun, a later fort and a medieval castle occupy the same ridge. The gallery chamber may have let people walk the wall in darkness or storm, guiding hands when sight failed. Its repeated rebuilding suggests the view and position mattered enough to keep defending across centuries.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Dun Lagaidh as Castle (medieval), Fort (iron Age), Galleried Dun (iron Age). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

Dun Lagaidh is an Iron Age galleried dun and later medieval castle located in Scotland, with its earliest construction dating to around the 1st to 4th centuries AD. It is remembered for its layered history, reflecting both early Scottish defensive architecture and later medieval use.

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