Dùn a' Choin Duibh (Scottish Gaelic: Fort of the Black Dog) is a hillfort located near Torinturk, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. According to the local shanachies, the fort is named after a black wolfhound which was half wolf, which defended the fort.[1] The fort provides views to the Inner Hebridean islands of Gigha, Islay and Jura and further to the Mull of Kintyre and Ireland.[2]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ "Torinturk and Dun a'Choin Dhuibh". WalkHighlands. Retrieved 17 January 2011.
  2. ↑ "Torinturk walk". Forestry Commission. Retrieved 17 January 2011.

55°49′13″N 5°30′20″W / 55.82028°N 5.50556°W / 55.82028; -5.50556

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