Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Dunscaith

Dunscaith, a ruined baronial fortalice on the W coast of Sleat parish, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire. It belonged to the Barons of Sleat, and seems, from remains of a prison and of a draw-well, to have been a place of considerable strength.


(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a ruined baronial fortalice"   (ADL Feature Type: "historical sites")
Administrative units: Sleat ScoP       Inverness Shire ScoCnty
Place: Dunscaith

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