What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Skye, Dun Taimh as Rune Inscribed Stone (norse). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Dun Taimh on Skye is likely a Norse-period standing stone, dating to the Viking Age (c. 800–1300 CE), and may have served as a memorial or territorial marker, with runes potentially recording a name or event. Such stones are often associated with Norse settlement and cultural practices in the Western Isles.
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Places near here
Dun TaimhArchaeological place · 6 yd
Beinn DhubhMountain / peak · 149 yd
Skye, Gesto HouseHouse (period Unassigned) · 721 yd
Skye, Gesto House FarmBoathouse (19th Century), Farmstead (19th Century), Poultry House (19th Century) · 796 yd
Loch HarportFish Trap (period Unassigned) · 855 yd
Gesto BayBay · 1009 yd
Loch BeagBay · 1.1 mi
Struan War MemorialMemorial · 1.5 mi
Skye, Bracadale CemeterySpearhead (bronze)(period Unassigned) · 1.5 mi
Cnoc Glas HeillaMountain / peak · 1.7 mi
Sula SkerryIslet · 3.0 mi
Talisker DistilleryHeritage attraction · 3.1 mi